How Chicago Teachers Union sold $8.1M high-rise, hid cash from oversight

By Patrick Andriesen

05/19/2022

Chicago Teachers Union leaders made $8.1 million selling property paid for with union member dues, only to shuffle the proceeds to a charity with less oversight. Members are voting May 20 for transparency from new leaders.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, teachers union

Chicago Public Schools to end mask mandate March 14

By Patrick Andriesen

03/08/2022

Chicago Public Schools will make masks optional for students and staff starting March 14, following CDC guidance. The Chicago Teacher’s Union said union leaders were working to block the decision and keep students masked.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, mask mandate

Chicago Public Schools tells parents mask-optional coming soon

By Dylan Sharkey

03/03/2022

Chicago Public Schools’ top administrator told parents a mask-optional model for students and staff is coming soon. A Chicago Teachers Union dictate has kept students in masks despite the statewide mandate being lifted.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, mask mandate

Courts could block Chicago Public Schools mask mandate

By Dylan Sharkey

03/02/2022

Despite revised statewide orders, Chicago Public Schools are still requiring universal masking in all schools and offices after the Chicago Teachers Union forced the change through a walkout. A judge was asked to let student faces go free.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, mask mandate

Chicago public schools keep masks in place as city, parochial schools end mandate

By Dylan Sharkey

02/24/2022

Chicago Public Schools’ Board of Education said vaccination rates have it keeping students and staff in masks Feb. 28 and beyond. Parents are asking what it will take to see classrooms without masks. More private schools are taking off masks.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, mask mandate

Strike cost Chicago students 5 days; Amendment 1 could cost them many more

By Ann Miller

01/12/2022

Voters will decide Nov. 8 whether the Chicago Teachers Union will have a permanent right to walk out on students for whatever reason union bosses decide.

TAGS: Amendment 1, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Teachers Union ends walkout after students lose 5 days

By Dylan Sharkey

01/11/2022

Chicago students will be back in classes Jan. 12 after losing five days of instruction thanks to a walkout by the Chicago Teachers Union. The union forced more COVID-19 testing, but damaged students’ educations for the third time in 27 months to do so.

TAGS: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Public Schools rejects opt-out testing solution

By Dylan Sharkey

01/10/2022

CPS rejected a proposal from the Chicago Teachers Union that would have tested randomly selected students. Mayor Lighfoot says parents opting in is non-negotiable

TAGS: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools

Nonprofit offers $5 million in grant money for Chicago families harmed by CTU walkout

By Dylan Sharkey

01/07/2022

A nonprofit is dedicating $5 million in rescue funds to create more opportunities for students shut out of classrooms while negotiations between Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools drag on.

TAGS: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Lightfoot fights back against CTU, withholds pay and considering legal action

By Dylan Sharkey

01/06/2022

In the ongoing CPS-CTU feud, Mayor Lightfoot says teachers on strike will be docked pay, and the city is considering legal recourse. The union says classrooms aren’t safe, and they won’t budge until COVID cases drop or demands are met.

TAGS: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Lori Lightfoot