Public Education
Watchdog slams CPS employees for bad behavior, ‘blurred’ boundaries enabling sexual misconduct, $1+ million in fraudA recent report chastised Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for allowing a campus culture enabling sexual misconduct in the wake of a former dean’s conviction of committing sex abuse and assault against… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Public Schools’ $17.5M settlement in sex abuse case helps ‘pursue justice’ for survivors, lawyers sayA $17.5 million settlement has been reached involving a former Chicago Public Schools (CPS) high school dean convicted of committing sex abuse and assault against a student. “While the… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Public Schools watchdog blasts ‘questionable, excessive, exorbitant’ travel expenses totaling $7.7 million in 2024Amid growing budget deficits last year, staffers at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) indulged in “questionable, excessive, and even exorbitant” expeditions including hot air balloon rides, wildlife safaris and camel rides, a recent analysis concluded. … Read More
Public Education
Chicago Public Schools lacking classroom placements for 200 students with disabilitiesAbout 200 students with disabilities still didn’t have access to a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) classroom by the second week of this school year, Chalkbeat reported. Read More
Public Education
Former students accuse CPS officials of longtime abuse, sexual misconductTwelve Chicago women are sharing stories of sexual abuse by public-school officials – highlighting the district’s failure to address such charges in a timely manner, according… Read More
Public Education
CPS, City of Chicago sparring over ‘dangerous levels of indebtedness,’ editorial warnsA left-leaning newspaper has taken Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to task for refusing to pay for recent pension plans or salary increases – a sum totaling more than $300 million. Read More
Public Education
Chicago teachers demand higher pay even as report shows ‘chronic absenteeism’ among educatorsHigher pay for fewer days on the job? It may sound counterintuitive, but the Chicago Teachers Union is demanding a 9% annual raise for members even as a report shows… Read More
Courts
Texas parents reunited with infant daughter 9 months after CPS wrongfully removed herA pair of Texas parents have won a wrongful removal case that saw their six-week-old daughter taken by Child Protective Services (CPS) after she experienced medical… Read More
Public Education
Chicago mayor appoints more social justice warriors to school board after mass resignationsMayor Brandon Johnson appointed six new members to the Chicago school board, replacing several radical progressivists with more of the same. Johnson took bipartisan heat when the previous seven members… Read More
Public Education
Teachers at Chicago Public Schools told to give passing grades to illegal immigrant studentsA local radio station in Chicago is reporting that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teachers have been instructed to give illegal immigrants passing grades. Teachers who spoke with the radio station… Read More
Homeschools
New York CPS targets homeschool mom, claiming educational neglect after her move to FloridaA New York school district reported a homeschool mom to Child Protective Services (CPS) after she relocated to Florida, even though she had followed all applicable laws. Before the case… Read More