Chicago officials canceled classes citywide on Monday as they failed to reach a new agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). Union members voted last week to abruptly shift to virtual teaching, a move rejected by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Mayor Lori Lightfoot. City officials instead canceled classes and have been seeking to convince…
Chicago Cancels Classes for Fourth Day as City, Teachers Union Fail to Reach New Deal
January 10, 2022
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Chicago Cancels Classes for 4th Day as City, Teachers Union Fail to Reach New Deal
January 10, 2022
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Chicago officials canceled classes citywide on Jan. 10 as they failed to reach a new agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). Union members voted last week to abruptly shift to virtual teaching, a move rejected by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. City officials instead canceled classes and have been seeking…
Chicago Rejects Teachers Union Proposal to Make Classes Virtual
Chicago leaders on Saturday forcefully rejected a teachers union proposal that would make classes virtual for at least four days. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat, said in a statement that leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) are not listening. “The best, safest place for kids to be is in school. Students need to…
Chicago Cancels School for Third Straight Day Amid Standoff With Teachers Union
Chicago canceled classes on Friday amid a standoff with the city’s teachers union (CTU), which is refusing to teach in-person. Parents were told late Thursday that classes were axed for the third straight day as “we continue working to get CTU staff back in our buildings.” A small number of schools may be able to…
Chicago Cancels Classes for 2nd Day as Teachers Refuse to Teach In-Person
January 6, 2022
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Chicago officials have canceled classes for the second consecutive day after the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) refused to teach in-person. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced late Wednesday that classes would not take place either in-person or remotely on Thursday. “We apologize for the disruption that the union’s illegal work stoppage is causing for your family,”…
White House Wants Schools to Stay Open, ‘Including in Chicago’
President Joe Biden’s administration publicly opposed the Chicago Teachers Union’s decision to stop going to schools to teach, pitting the Democrat against many of his supporters. The president “agrees with medical, scientific, and education experts that because of the historic work we’ve done, we are more than equipped to ensure schools are open,” White House press…
Chicago Cancels Classes After Teachers Union Votes to Return to Virtual Learning
January 5, 2022
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Chicago school officials canceled classes Wednesday following a teachers union vote to shift back to virtual learning due to a rise in COVID-19 cases. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted 73 percent in favor of a resolution that called for a return to learning outside classrooms. The union says teachers won’t return to classrooms unless…
Chicago Teachers Union to Vote on Defying City’s Order of In-Person Teaching
January 3, 2022
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Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on Monday opened its classrooms for students returning from winter break, but members of the city’s teachers union will soon vote to decide whether to collectively refuse to work in person. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is set to vote on Tuesday on whether its more than 25,000 members would continue…
Illinois Woman in Custody in Killing of Police Officer, Wounding of 2nd
BRADLEY, Ill.—A woman wanted in the fatal shooting of one police officer and the wounding of another at a northern Illinois hotel surrendered to police hours after a man also suspected in the shooting was arrested in Indiana, police said. Xandria Harris, 26, of Bradley, Illinois, turned herself in Friday afternoon at the Bradley Police…
2021 Ends as Chicago’s Deadliest Year in a Quarter Century
CHICAGO—The year of 2021 ended as one of the most violent on record in Chicago, as a rise in the number of shootings left more people dead than in any single year in a quarter century, according to statistics released by the police department on Saturday. According to the department, 2021 ended with 797 homicides….
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