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Mayor Brandon Johnson-aligned school board members balk at CPS budget plan that sidesteps city pension payment, borrowing

The Chicago Board of Education is divided on a balanced budget that avoids Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to borrow and cover a ...

As Chicago Public Schools budget deadline looms, interim chief resisting controversial $300 million loan

Classes start in less than a week for Chicago Public Schools students, and in less than a day, the district will unveil its ...

What are Chicago public high schoolers wearing for the first day of class?

CPS teens talk about their back-to-school choices. “When you put together a good outfit and you step outside, you just feel ...

‘There definitely was a need’: CPS, communities host back-to-school events to big crowds

Back-to-school events hosted by Chicago Public Schools and local nonprofits have seen large turnouts in the lead-up to the ...

As Chicago Public Schools cut crossing guards, parents call for accountability

Earlier this summer, CPS announced it would no longer pay for or provide crossing guards to the city’s private Catholic ...

Parents pull son with autism from CPS school after safety concerns

A family was left with questions for the Chicago Public Schools after a child with special needs was left in a school band ...

Chicago police officers, UFC fighters join CPS students for chess tournament

More than a dozen kids, four UFC fighters, and several officers only had five minutes to play a game of chess in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Illinois quick hits: Ex-student sentenced for school gun, time served; fall semester beginning

Ex-student sentenced for school gun, time served A former Chicago Public Schools student has been sentenced to five years in ...