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The Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) on behalf of four union members, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Teachers Union is expected to propose a solution to the school district's budget shortfall. This ...

CBS's Chris Tye reports that 41 out of 50 members of the Chicago City Council do not like how Mayor Brandon Johnson -- who ...

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Before Chicago casts its first vote on a school board, go inside the city's public school system. What's working? And what's not? This is CPS 101.

The Chicago Public Schools system is a disaster, and it isn’t being helped by the fact that the city’s Democratic officials keep using it as a political tool.

Some members of Chicago City Council are asking Illinois lawmakers to limit mayoral authority in regards to Board of ...

After Friday’s announcement that Chicago’s entire Board of Education would be resigning, Mayor Brandon Johnson held a news ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said the proposed appointees have been vetted by his staff and will go through the next vetting process with CPS.

Mayor Brandon Johnson debuted his new Chicago Board of Education on Monday, his latest move to wrest back control of the ...

Ward Ald. Gil Villegas says some council members are eager to vet the proposed appointees to find out if there are conflicts of interest.