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A high-ranking Chicago Public Schools official has been charged with lying to the FBI about whether he passed secret information to someone working to help a company land a $1 billion custodial contract with the district, court records show.

Chicago Public Schools reached record-breaking graduation rates for the 2019-2020 school year, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Dr. Janice Jackson announced Friday. Lightfoot said the school system’s graduation rate ended up at 83.5% this past year, despite finishing the school year in a remote learning format. The district also reported a record low dropout rate at 5.6% in…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools CEO Dr. Janice Jackson are expected to announced “record-high graduation rates” for the 2019-2020 school year Friday. The pair are scheduled to speak at 9 a.m. at CPS on West Madison Street on the school system reaching record-breaking graduation rates from the past school year. In 2019, CPS announced their highest graduation…

A high-ranking Chicago Public Schools official has been charged with lying to the FBI about whether he passed secret information to someone working to help a company land a $1 billion custodial contract with the district, court records show.

WATCH LIVE: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will lay out the city’s plans to help kids have access to remote learning in a 1 p.m. press conference, which you can watch in the video player above The city of Chicago is launching a concerted effort to help students learn remotely, deploying thousands of new devices to help comply with new...

With more than 25,000 Chicago Public Schools teachers and staff on the picket lines during a days-long strike, parents are forced to make alternate arrangements for their children.

Chicago’s teachers strike gained national attention Tuesday as Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren walked the picket line with striking teachers.

Chicago Public Schools has canceled classes Wednesday as the ongoing teachers strike continues without an agreement.

It appears the Chicago teachers strike won’t end anytime soon after Mayor Lori Lightfoot sent the union a letter which CTU President Jesse Sharkey said “dashed hopes” for a quick settlement. Susan Carlson reports.

Negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and city officials appeared to be at an impasse Tuesday morning, as the teachers strike entered its fourth day of canceled classes citywide. While negotiations between the two sides were scheduled to continue at 10 a.m. Tuesday, a majority of the union’s 40-person bargaining team was not expected to return to the table.

It appears the Chicago Teachers Union strike won’t end any time soon after Mayor Lori Lightfoot sent the union a letter on Monday that CTU President Jesse Sharkey said “dashed hopes” for a quick settlement.

Chicago Public Schools announced classes will be canceled for a fourth day, on Tuesday, as they continue negotiations with the Chicago Teachers Union. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports. 

The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to reject the final contract offer from Chicago Public Schools and will go on strike Thursday, the organization announced Wednesday.

Now that more than 25,000 Chicago Public Schools teachers and staff have walked off the job, parents are making alternate arrangements for their children.

Chicago schools, community centers and other local organizations are offering programming for students while public school teachers are on strike. On Thursday morning, there was a line to get inside the Marillac Social Center in Garfield Park.

Chicago Public Schools canceled all classes and activities for Thursday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the district’s CEO announced Wednesday morning, in anticipation of the Chicago Teachers Union moving forward with a strike.

The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to reject the final contract offer from Chicago Public Schools and will go on strike Thursday, the organization announced Wednesday.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union traded barbs Wednesday, pointing fingers at one another as the two sides failed to reach an agreement in contract negotiations that would avert a teachers strike. Chicago Public Schools preemptively canceled all classes and activities for Thursday in anticipation of the strike, Lightfoot and district CEO Janice Jackson announced at...

“We went through, point by point, what’s on the table so far and our delegates overwhelmingly, unanimously, reaffirmed that tomorrow will be the first day of a strike, because we have not achieved what we need to bring justice and high-quality schools to the children and teachers of Chicago,” CTU President Jesse Sharkey said.