The Chicago Teachers Union on Wednesday discussed their next steps in lengthy contract talks with Chicago Public Schools. CPS and CTU have begun fact-finding hearings this week, a required stage in negotiations before the union can legally go on strike.

Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union sent a letter reaffirming their commitment to being a sanctuary place for all students, parents, and employees.

The Chicago Teachers Union was the biggest spender in Chicago’s first school board elections, which pitted the union against pro-school choice groups as both angled for influence on a new, partly-elected board.

Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union are reaching a stalemate in negotiations. Chicago teachers are no strangers to strikes: The last three contracts with Chicago Public Schools landed after the teachers walked off the job. "To force our hand to take a strike vote is a very cruel and mean joke," CTU President Stacy Davis Gates said.

Teachers and other school workers, who are determined to fight against years of austerity and lost purchasing power, must reject the illusions peddled by CTU leaders about the supposed “transformative” contract.

Chicago’s first elected school board was just sworn into office. Here’s what members should know about what the Chicago Teachers Union has done to damage Chicago Public Schools and the city’s children,

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) released a joint letter on Thursday reaffirming that they are a "sanctuary" space for "all students, parents, employees ...

The Chicago Teachers Union sends a lot of young people to prison, but to find out why you will need to read on. And that’s something too many youngsters cannot do after attending Chicago Public Schools.

The first nationwide school choice bill to pass out of committee in U.S. history was just reintroduced. But teachers unions, which killed Illinois’ school choice program in 2023, oppose giving families education options.

The contract was reached after a marathon bargaining session at Mercer Administration building went nearly 6 hours Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

Sean Harden, a Chicago native who has worked in real estate and workforce development, is leading the new partly elected board at one of the more tumultuous periods in CPS’ history.

In Chicago Public Schools, which has received thousands of migrant students in recent years, schools are training staff and families on their rights and grappling with how to convince their communities that schools are safe.