'Unbelievable!': Benito Juarez High School students, parents surprised with free rides to Illinois colleges
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Students at Benito Juarez High School and their families received the surprise of a lifetime Tuesday after a Chicago organization offered to pay all of their school expenses to attend one of Illinois' colleges.

'Enough is Enough': Lightfoot tells CTU schools must open now, struggling students can't wait

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot demanded Thursday that the city’s teacher’s union reach agreement on COVID-19 safety protocols by the end of the day and bring students back to the classroom, but did not say what she would do if that doesn’t happen.

CPS backs down on threat of locking teachers out, while CTU says it's 'winning'

Chicago Public Schools has backed down on its threat to lock K-8 teachers out of their remote learning tools if they failed to show up at its facilities this week to prepare for the return of in-person classes.