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Chicago Teachers Union Charter Division Vice Chair Caroline Rutherford yells at Acero Schools board members as they exit the meeting during public comment after people spoke against the closure of seven Acero schools during the charter network's board of directors meeting at Idar Elementary in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood on Dec. 11, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

No response from Acero charter school leaders on planned school closures

December 12, 2024 at 2:15 p.m.

Acero charter school leadership said nothing at a packed board meeting of parents, teachers, students and city officials asking them to keep open several schools slated for closure.

A student runs past the Chicago Public Schools central office at 42 W. Madison St. on Oct. 31, 2024. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Training for newly-elected Board of Education members postponed without explanation

December 11, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

Several newly elected members expressed frustration Tuesday afternoon for the late notice and for not having the appropriate background to jump into high-stakes board meetings come January after training was...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez listens to speakers during the Chicago Board of Education's meeting on Dec. 4, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

High-stakes school board meeting overshadowed by power struggle with CPS CEO Pedro Martinez

December 5, 2024 at 10:50 a.m.

An attorney representing the Chicago Board of Education offered to buy out Pedro Martinez, the embattled chief of Chicago Public Schools, amid ongoing tensions.

Students walk the hallways on Nov. 8, 2023, at Bronzeville Classical School. The Chicago Teachers Union has proposed contract language to CPS that Service Employees International Union 73, the union that represents special education classroom assistants in Chicago Public Schools, fears would allow classroom assistants, who are represented by CTU, to take over some of the special education classroom aides' jobs. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

SEIU threatens lawsuit over CTU contract negotiations with CPS

December 4, 2024 at 6:24 a.m.

SEIU 73 is threatening to sue CPS over a CTU proposal that it says would effectively take jobs from SEIU and give them to CTU.

A migrant shelter on Chicago's North Ogden Avenue is shown May 16, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Despite large influx, migrant shelters in Chicago see few DCFS investigations

December 1, 2024 at 7:42 a.m.

Despite tough living conditions at shelters, migrant families appear to be mostly intact and able to care for themselves, according to DCFS data provided to the Tribune.

Joel Perdomo-Hernández studies marketing at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Nov. 19, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Northeastern Illinois University celebrates new leadership and energy

November 29, 2024 at 6:41 a.m.

NEIU, the longest-standing four-year public Hispanic-serving institution in the Midwest, faces fiscal challenges like many other universities across the nation.

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates, center, applauds after a student spoke during a CTU rally at Chicago Temple on Nov. 21, 2024. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

CPS: At a $10B impasse with CTU, ‘fact-finding’ hearings set for December in effort to resolve contract impasse

November 22, 2024 at 5:02 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools officials say they don’t have the revenue to meet many of Chicago Teachers Union's asks.

Taft High School student Alexandria Sanchez, 14, stands outside of her school, in the 41st Ward, on Nov. 12, 2024. Sanchez, whose father is undocumented, worries about what the new administration's attitude toward immigration will mean for her and her family. Taft High School is in the only ward in the city that went for Donald Trump in the presidential election. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

CPS students react to Donald Trump nominating Linda McMahon for education secretary

November 26, 2024 at 9:04 a.m.

President-elect Trump chose Linda McMahon, a former wrestling executive, to lead the Dept. of Education. McMahon has promised to overturn the very department she was hired to oversee.

Chicago Public School CEO Pedro Martinez listens during public participation as the Chicago Board of Education holds a special meeting at Colman School on Nov. 14, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

School board pushes to keep Acero schools open, as CPS Chief Pedro Martinez’s job status remains unclear

November 15, 2024 at 5:31 p.m.

Special Chicago Board of Education meeting addresses Acero charter school closures as Chicago Public Schools chief Pedro Martinez fights for his job.

CTU charter division vice chair and Marquez Charter teacher Caroline Rutherford, right, stands in front of a portion of the Acero charter school community before Rutherford spoke to the media following a Chicago Board of Education special meeting at Colman School on Nov. 14, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

CPS calls special board meeting over Acero charter school closures

November 15, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

The Chicago school board will convene for a special meeting to address the controversial closures of Acero charter schools, while district chief Pedro Martinez' fate is still unclear.

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