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"Forty-three times, [Anjanette] Young told the seven male police officers who handcuffed her while she was naked that they were in the wrong home and begged them to let her get dressed."
Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor fought for Ms. Young today, and for the respect and the humanity she deserves.
A vote to rename 17 miles of Lake Shore Drive for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Chicago’s first permanent non-Indigenous settler, was delayed again Wednesday after the Chicago City Council erupted in acrimony over Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick to serve as the city’s top attorney.
Mrs. Murray was cherished by all who knew her. A tremendous loss of a legendary educator, and advocate for our city and our children.
Linda Murray, Hyde Park Academy educator, dies.
Preparation for returning to classes in the fall begins now says President Sharkey, with rebuilding trust among working families, setting goals for health and vaccinations, and using federal funds to address trauma and recover from the COVID pandemic.
It’s time for Chicago Public Schools to rebuild trust with the bedrock constituency in the district — working-class families of color.
LIVE: Press conference with educators laid off by Mayor Lightfoot and CPS. South and West side neighborhoods hardest hit by COVID are experiencing staff cuts, despite nearly $2 billion in federal support to prevent layoffs, stabilize school communities and provide resources for students.
At we close out the school year to end all school years, we’re looking back at things that made us smile in 2020-2021, like this surprise for CTU member and Golden Apple winner Reginald Spears of Bronzeville Classical. Congrats!
Reginald Spears, a K-3rd grade teacher at Bronzeville Classical School in Chicago, is surprised at his school as a 2021 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in ...
Good morning. We wish it was a better one, but President Biden sent $2 billion to CPS for COVID recovery and stability, and Mayor Lightfoot and the district turned around and laid off more than 400 educators and staff. Let that sink in.
Outraged by recent layoffs of more than 400 teachers, the Chicago Teachers Union said Monday that roughly $2 billion in federal education funds awarded to the city’s schools makes cutting jobs during the pandemic unnecessary and punitive.
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