CPS takes another budget hit, loses $30M in expected state funding

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 8/5 2:18P Sarah Karp

Students sit outside Nicholas Senn High School in the Edgewater neighborhood. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times A change in state funding has caused Chicago Public Schools to lose almost $30 million in expected state money, representing yet another financial...

Organizers hope weekend race of electric go-karts will power careers in math and science among young...

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 8/5 10:31A Allison Novelo

Members of the Violet Vortex team ready their electric go-kart for a weekend rally meant to spur interest in STEM fields among young women. Allison Novelo | Sun-Times After a two-year hiatus, the ComEd EV Rally returns this weekend with a power...

Illinois’ sales tax holiday 2022: When does it start, and what’s eligible?

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 8/4 4:35A Satchel Price

Illinois’ sales tax holiday on back-to-school goods will run until Sunday, Aug. 14. Marta Lavandier/AP Photo Shoppers in Illinois looking to stock up on school supplies, clothing and other back-to-school gear can look forward to saving a bit on...

Laid-off CPS librarian finds new home — and mandate — at King College Prep

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 8/3 2:15P Nader Issa

Nora Wiltse was laid off from Coonley Elementary at the end of last school year. She accepted a position this week at King College Prep. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times A longtime Chicago Public Schools librarian has been tasked with crafting a new...

Sexual misconduct investigation forces out lauded charter school leader Tim King, sources say

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 8/3 11:16A Sarah Karp

Tim King, founder of Urban Prep Academies, speaks during UPA’s College Signing Day at Daley Plaza in May. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times A Chicago Public Schools inspector general’s report substantiating allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct with a...

Incoming college freshmen get set for campus move-in at 12th annual CHA trunk party

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 8/2 2:27P Jordan Perkins

Chicago Housing Authority residents who are bound for college receive laptops during the CHA’s 12th annual “Take Flight College Send-Off” at the United Center on Tuesday. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Rosemary Perez will be the first person in her family...

Mount Carmel officials say it’s ‘not possible’ to go coed in 2023 but plan still being explored

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 8/2 3:29A Sun-Times Wire

Mount Carmel High School has told students it will not go coed beginning in the fall fo 2023. Google Maps Mount Carmel High School will remain an all-boys school for at least two more school years. School leaders told parents during listening...

Tim King, once named People Magazine’s ‘hero of the year’ as head of Urban Prep Academies, resigns

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 8/1 5:43P Sarah Karp

Tim King, founder and CEO of Urban Prep Academies, is shown at Urban Prep’s College Signing Day at Daley Plaza in the Loop in May. King confirmed his resignation from his post Monday. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times The head of Urban Prep Academies, once...

City Colleges add liaisons to help undocumented students navigate college

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 7/29 7:41A Mitch Dudek

Liaison coordinator Luvia Moreno, from left, recent graduate Florencia Laino and Daniel Lopez, president of Harold Washington College. Mitch Dudek/Sun-Times Undocumented students in Chicago are getting a big boost when it comes to navigating...

General Iron protest: Chicago Board of Ed agrees not to fire 2 teachers who encouraged students’...

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 7/28 4:58A Brett Chase

George Washington High School teachers Chuck Stark and Lauren Bianchi stand outside the Chicago Public Schools headquarters in the Loop during Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times The Chicago Board of Education rejected a...

Bus service no longer guaranteed for CPS magnet, selective enrollment students

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 7/27 1:35P Sarah Karp

CPS bus service will be curtailed next year. Sun-Times Amid a continued bus driver shortage, magnet and selective enrollment students in Chicago Public Schools will no longer be guaranteed bus service to class, even if they live relatively far...

Two CPS teachers could be fired for urging student protests of General Iron move

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 7/26 1:39P Brett Chase

Teacher Chuck Stark spoke at a protest near Mayor Lightfoot’s home at the end of a hunger strike he participated in last year. CPS proposes firing him for activities related to General Iron protests. Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times Two Chicago Public...

Chicago Board of Education to vote on new $10.2M school police contract

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 7/25 12:44P Nader Issa

A poster about restorative justice hangs in the hallway of Gage Park High School, Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Chicago’s Board of Education is set to decide this week whether to spend $10.2 million on a new agreement with the Chicago Police Department,...

CPS to repay Illinois $10.9M annually for 8 years after funding mistake

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 7/25 10:53A Nader Issa

Scott Olson/Getty Images Chicago Public Schools has agreed to pay the state $10.9 million annually for the next eight years to return $87.5 million that had accidentally been funded to the district. The payment plan comes after months of...

CHA board approves leasing public housing land to CPS for new Near South Side high school

Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois Education News 7/19 10:10A Nader Issa

A vacant lot at 24th and State streets in the South Loop — part of the former Harold L. Ickes Homes — is the proposed site for a new CPS high school. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Chicago housing officials have approved the lease of public housing land to...