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TechRadar · Jun 14, 2023

Mayor Johnson paints himself into a corner by handing teachers paid parental leave

Now the Fraternal Order of Police — no surprise — wants the same benefit without bargaining. And Johnson gave Chicagoans another reason to think he’ll put his former CTU colleagues first by rubber-stamping whatever the teachers union wants.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023

CPS boosts school budgets with focus on special education — and more property taxes

Buoyed in part once again by federal COVID-19 relief funding, Chicago Public Schools will spend about $220 million more in the 2023-2024 school year to hire teachers and other support staff.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 13, 2023

Drop culture wars for focus on building more and taxing less, says Mordaunt

Penny Mordaunt called for her party to be ‘strong’ on people who attacked institution, in an apparent criticism of Boris Johnson’s backers.

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023

Cocaine and heroin godfathers 'The Family' fight to keep luxury property

Mehmet Baybasin worked alongside a Liverpool criminal firm to import massive quantities of cocaine

Liverpool Echo · Jun 12, 2023

The horrific crimes deemed the biggest threat to women and girls in Greater Manchester right now

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is being prioritised alongside terrorism and serious organised crime

Manchester Evening News · Jun 12, 2023

Mom who claimed child died after getting ‘stuck’ in couch is charged with murder three years later

Blood sample taken from mother because ‘she was the sole caretaker of the [victim] and two-year-old at the time of the infant’s death,’ search warrant states

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2023

CPS’ special-education leader steps down

The change comes a week after the Chicago Teachers Union took a vote of no confidence in department chief Stephanie Jones and demanded she resign for “dismal failures to protect the district’s most vulnerable students.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 9, 2023

Johnson extends 12 weeks of parental leave to Chicago Public Schools

CPS employees will get same benefit already available to other city workers beginning with 2023-24 school year.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 8, 2023

Our kids need leaders to take action against guns, not books

I’ve had personal experience, as a teacher, with both censorship and gun violence, suburban school librarian Gina Caneva writes. My message is simple: Books don’t kill kids — guns do.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 7, 2023