The Latest Breaking News from Chicago Public Schools

The measure was approved on a 225-201 roll-call vote. Nine Republicans — including Illinois members Adam Kinzinger and Rodney Davis, both lame ducks — joined Democrats in passing the measure.

CPS alerted parents that schools will remain open for classes Thursday but there will be no after-school activities due to the weather.

Teachers say Chicago Public Schools did not act on concerns about flaking paint until teachers performed their own lead testing.

Candidates often veered back to crime and public safety when answering questions on the CTA, businesses leaving the city and other matters at the forum, which was held on the Northwest Side.

CHICAGO — Retired Chicago first responder Monica Davis said she and her son Eulice thought he’d have a leg up in landing a job as a Chicago firefighter-EMT during an upcoming exam thanks to city rules aimed at giving a preference to young city residents. City rules give preference in…

The 3% raise bumps Martinez to a $350,200 salary that ranks near the top of the city’s payroll.

A Curie student running the clock was attacked after the game, according to Curie assistant coach Larry Wallace.

The Chicago Board of Education has revoked the charter of the storied Urban Prep Academy schools in Bronzeville and Englewood and, over howls of local protest, cleared the way for a hostile takeover by the bureaucrats of Chicago Public Schools.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has moved millions in pensions and other costs to CPS before it becomes independent, run by an elected board. Those new payments and longstanding financial challenges could lead to dire choices once federal pandemic relief runs out.

CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools announced Friday that Jones College Prep Principal Joseph Powers has been removed from “principal duties, effective immediately, pending the results” of an investigation into his response to a student who came to school on Halloween dressed in a German military uniform, goose-stepped across a stage…

Put aside any handwringing or finger-pointing about low test scores on state and national tests. Use it as motivation to focus on doing what it takes to get students back on track.