As Chicago braces for an impending wave of raids, local activists discuss what rights and procedures immigrants in the Windy ...

Reforming Tier 2 pensions could cost the state $30 billion, actuary says “A new Illinois pension reform bill would increase contributions to ...

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 ...

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates says a fact-finding process underway now is “stacked against” the CTU, opening the door for a strike as early as March.

The Chicago Teachers Union is inching closer to a potential strike. This week marked the beginning of what’s known as a fact-finding hearing, which is required before a strike can ...

Since being established in state law in 2010, the fact-finding process has been used three times. In two of those cases, teachers ultimately went on strike.

Chicago Public Schools Board President Sean Harden is facing criticism after requesting a taxpayer-funded Ford Expedition and personal driver for his part-time, unpaid position.

Schools try to calm parents’ fears and keep their kids in school after Trump eases the way for immigration enforcement at schools.

Despite worries about federal immigration raids in the city, Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez told Chalkbeat he believes schools “are the safest spaces” for children.

The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have been battling over a new collective bargaining agreement for nine months, a spectacle that has taken the focus off what actually happens in ...

Contentious labor contract negotiations are overshadowing the needs of Chicago Public Schools students and parents.

To be clear, supporting school choice does not mean abandoning public education. Rather, it means recognizing that the ...