Mid Year Media Review
With less than two weeks left before the school year starts, negotiations between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union are stalled. But whether or not the two groups … Read More
Chicago Public Schools will require all Board of Education employees to be vaccinated by Oct. 15 unless they qualify for a medical or religious exemption, the district announced Friday. School-based … Read More
Even as Chicago reports its highest confirmed COVID-19 case count in three months, Chicago’s top doctor is insisting that it is safe for students to return to classrooms. The public … Read More
Clifford Armstead III’s hardest goodbye before college dresses up in his clothes and shoes and follows him around all day. It’s his baby brother. Since the pandemic’s onset, Clifford (“CJ”) … Read More
Three weeks ago, Chicago Public Schools touted the opening of three school-based sites for student vaccinations, as well as mobile clinics and home visits. Now, the district has the capacity … Read More
Students, staff, and visitors will be required to wear masks inside Chicago’s public school buildings during the upcoming academic year, regardless of vaccination status, district officials announced Thursday. District leaders … Read More
More than 60 adults sat around a rectangle of folding tables at Bronzeville’s Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center, Dua Lipa’s song “Levitating” playing in the background. A box of … Read More
Chicago will limit when school administrators can call police and advise them to first consider factors such as a student’s disability or past trauma. The revisions to the student code … Read More
Two days into retirement, after a career in education spanning more than three decades, José Torres got an unexpected phone call. It was Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson, asking … Read More
