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Also, last we wrote about Aspira charter, the network could only make payroll through January (with COS help) so are they in trouble come the new year. So we need to find out what will happen come January!!! chicago.suntimes.com/education/20...
CPS to help Aspira make payroll, but charter operator’s financial woes remain
The longtime charter network will still need help from CPS to ensure its schools can remain open through the end of the academic year in June.
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Some more news to pay attention to this holiday break: Trump administration to end grants for support services at many Illinois schools chicago.suntimes.com/education/20...
Trump administration to end grants for support services at many Illinois schools
The administration informed ACT Now Illinois last week that it is discontinuing its Community Schools Grant, effective Dec. 31.
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Some news to pay attention to this holiday break: Property tax payment delay costs CPS almost a quarter million dollars a day chicago.suntimes.com/education/20...
Property tax payment delay costs CPS almost a quarter million dollars a day
Cook County sent out property tax bills five months later than usual, leaving government agencies like CPS short on revenue. The cash-strapped school district had to take on more debt to make payroll.
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CPS attendance data tells a mixed story this fall. It's apparent fear did keep some students home for days. But also apparent is the steely determination of parents, teenagers, teachers and communities that children should be in school. w/ @sskedreporter.bsky.social www.wbez.org/education/20...
Want to know how Midway Blitz affected attendance at your Chicago Public School. Look it up here: www.wbez.org/education/20...
As immigration agents swept Chicago this fall, communities stepped in to get kids to school safely
A WBEZ analysis finds student attendance briefly plummeted following intense moments of immigration enforcement, but overall rates are comparable to last year. Some credit “magic school buses” and oth...
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A WBEZ analysis finds student attendance briefly plummets following intense moments of immigration enforcement, but overall rates similar to last year. Some credit “magic school buses” and other efforts that supported frightened parents and helped children get to school. www.wbez.org/education/20...
As immigration agents swept Chicago this fall, communities stepped in to get kids to school safely
A WBEZ analysis finds student attendance briefly plummeted following intense moments of immigration enforcement, but overall rates are comparable to last year. Some credit “magic school buses” and oth...
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School leaders from New York City and Denver are finalists for CPS top job chicago.suntimes.com/education/20...
School leaders from New York City and Denver are finalists for CPS top job
The finalists, whose names were shared by sources close to the search, are scheduled to be interviewed next week.
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Record $1B TIF surplus emerges as key point of friction in Mayor Johnson's proposed 2026 budget
Mayoral allies and critics alike were united in their opposition to a TIF surplus that they fear could derail or, at the very least, delay indefinitely improvements to their local schools, parks and l...
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CTU's Stacy Davis Gates elected to lead Illinois teachers union chicago.suntimes.com/education/20...
CTU's Stacy Davis Gates elected to lead Illinois teachers union
The powerful and divisive leader will remain as head of the Chicago Teachers Union after she was chosen Saturday to lead the Illinois Federation of Teachers.
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Wowza collab by @sskedreporter.bsky.social and Mila Koumpilova
CTU and CPS have potential deal; union committee to review Monday, say sources who confirm the two sides have concluded negotiations and will send the potential agreement to a union committee for approval on Monday. chicago.suntimes.com/education/20... - by @sskedreporter.bsky.social and Nader Issa
CTU and CPS have potential deal; union committee to review Monday, sources say
Sources confirm the two sides have concluded negotiations and will send the potential agreement to a union committee for approval on Monday.
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Board of Education offers buyout to CPS CEO Pedro Martinez
The move is the latest effort to oust Martinez and the biggest sign to date that the months-long power struggle between Mayor Brandon Johnson, his school board and the chief executive of the city’s sc...
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At Chi Bd of Ed where Acero Charter parents again pleading to keep the seven schools threatened with closure open. The board demanded in a resolution Acero officials come before them today, but several parents say they are not here. Will see if they appear later
Chicago Police body cameras captured this testy exchange — and much more — during the DUI arrest of Cook County Democratic elected official Samantha Steele recently. My story w/ @schuba.bsky.social www.wbez.org/cook-county/...
Calabrese is a former Steele aide who recently sued her in a pending federal whistleblower case, which we reported on recently www.wbez.org/cook-county/...
A former employee of a Cook County agency sues over his firing, alleging retaliation
A former aide filed the whistleblower suit against Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele and her top aide in federal court last week.
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Video courtesy of @frankcalabrese.bsky.social — who got it thru a #FOIA request to cops. (Who still have not provided it to us in response to our request).
Video of Cook County Democratic elected official refusing to cooperate with Chicago Police after alleged DUI crash — and making sure the cops knew she was dealing with a politician www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0qW...
In her DUI arrest, a Cook County politician told Chicago cops, ‘I’m an elected official.’
YouTube video by Chicago Sun-Times
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