The board’s vote assumed an additional $100 million in unrestricted funds from the state, but CPS says that money won’t be enough to reinstate every position cut earlier this summer.
Last fall, King floated a restructuring of the district’s network offices overseeing schools. The district backed off, but conversations in that vein have continued.
Eugene Robinson Jr. spoke with Chalkbeat about the start of the plan’s rollout, the federal pressure to scrap it, and the search for philanthropic backing for the initiative.
In this school district, officials are delaying their guidelines for AI use amid growing backlash against the technology and the city’s draft guidance.
Parents sound off on federal special education changes
Parents and disability advocates say moving key special education oversight to the Department of Health and Human Services was not a surprise, but it flies in the face of what they told Education Department officials.
Hundreds of Chicago students were forced to find new schools a few months ago after their ASPIRA charter schools closed. After acclimating to new teachers and classmates, the seniors are graduating.
Board members voiced concern about proposed budgets that could trim $96 million from schools. But they disagreed over a proposed resolution to press state lawmakers for more revenue.
CPS surveyed custodians and principals. Most said schools aren’t cleaned well.
In an internal survey obtained by Chalkbeat, more than 75% of principals indicated they didn’t have enough staff to meet their building’s cleaning needs.
The district is slated to release budgets for its roughly 500 schools next week as it faces an enormous deficit and fading prospects of extra help from the state.
District officials say they feel good about ensuring fully staffed schools and greenlighting 45 student field trips to a downtown protest and other pro-labor activities.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has asked the Trump administration to abandon its push to dramatically revise a program that helps students from marginalized communities attend college.
The rally occurred as negotiations over a new contract have surpassed 10 months. Union organizers said lunchroom workers are the lowest-paid CPS employees.
