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The Chicago Public Schools emblem on its headquarters on West Madison Street, July 10, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago Public Schools lays off 1,458 employees to adjust for enrollment, programming changes

July 12, 2025 at 12:32 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools announced a second round of summer layoffs Friday, laying off 1,458 employees to adjust for enrollment and programming changes.

People walk past Chicago Public Schools headquarters on W. Madison Street in Chicago on July 10, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Several top CPS staffers leave the district following departure of former CEO Pedro Martinez

July 10, 2025 at 5:38 p.m.

Several top Chicago Public Schools staffers have left the district following the departure of former schools chief Pedro Martinez.

Members of the Northwestern University Postdoc Union listen as Edward Arnold speaks at the Rebecca Crown Center on July 8, 2025, in Evanston. The group voted last year to affiliate with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Northwestern University postdoctoral researchers petition school to recognize union

July 9, 2025 at 2:30 p.m.

Dozens of Northwestern University postdoctoral researchers marched through campus delivering a petition to formally ask school officials to recognize their new labor union.

Debra Bracey proctors the preassessment exam for students in a GED course on July 7, 2025, at the nonprofit A Safe Haven Foundation in North Lawndale. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago adult education programs in limbo as Trump administration withholds funding

July 8, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago adult education programs are in limbo after the Trump administration abruptly froze nearly $7 billion in already-approved federal education grants.

The building, right, at 420 E. Superior St., which houses the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, is seen on Aug. 27, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Northwestern sued over suicide of professor targeted in China investigation

July 6, 2025 at 8:31 a.m.

The estate of Northwestern University Professor Jane Wu, who died by suicide last year after being investigated in a controversial federal probe, is suing the school for allegedly discriminating against...

MIchael Schill, president of Northwestern University, testifies before the House Committee on Education & Workforce in Washington on May 23, 2024. (Shuran Huang/The New York Times)

Northwestern University president to appear again before Congress in August

June 30, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.

Northwestern University President Michael Schill is slated to appear for a second time before a congressional committee over alleged antisemitism on campus.

Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King attends a monthly board meeting at CPS headquarters in Chicago on June 26, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Interim CPS chief Macquline King says budget deficit is $201M more than previously cited

June 27, 2025 at 3:57 p.m.

Newly-appointed interim schools chief Macquline King tells the Chicago Board of Education the budget shortfall is $200 million greater than previously indicated.

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates speaks on June 23, 2025, at the City Club of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

CTU President Stacy Davis Gates rebukes Trump administration, urges district to prioritize union contract

June 23, 2025 at 6:36 p.m.

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates delivered a scathing rebuke of the Trump administration and urged prioritizing CTU's new contract and other investments in public education.

A person walks by Columbia College Chicago’s 600 S. Michigan Ave. building in the South Loop, Dec. 13, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Columbia College Chicago lays off 20 faculty members amid budget deficit

June 18, 2025 at 6:12 p.m.

Columbia College Chicago laid off 20 full-time faculty members as part of planned cuts to academic programming.

The pool at River Park was closed on June 16, 2022, in Chicago. The city has struggled with lifeguard shortages for years post-pandemic, prompting the closure of dozens of pools and several beaches. Others operated on limited hours or shortened seasons — last year, Chicago’s outdoor pools were only open six days a week.(John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago’s public pools to open daily this summer for first time since COVID-19 pandemic

June 17, 2025 at 5:18 p.m.

Chicago’s outdoor public pools will be open daily this summer, just in time for a sweltering heatwave forecasted this weekend.

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