CPS board hikes property tax levy to capture extra $25 million

The Chicago Board of Education voted to slightly increase its property tax levy, to yield up to an additional $25 million for ...

CPS Board OKs small property tax hike, but cash-flow problems likely to persist

Five school board members voted against the increase, arguing many homeowners cannot afford higher taxes and that Chicago ...

CPS says ‘miscellaneous’ school workers shouldn’t be allowed to unionize

Chicago Public Schools is challenging the Service Employees International Union’s petition to represent 1,600 miscellaneous ...

CPS board approves small property tax hike to close budget gap

CPS is allowed to raise the rate, but it is capped at the lower of either 5%, or the rate of inflation. When the district ...

Former student, advocate urge CPS board to ‘do better' in wake of teacher misconduct

A child advocate and a former CPS student urged the Chicago Board of Education to "do better" involving teacher sexual ...
WBEZ

CPS special ed staff cuts, shuffling leave students lost, behind and unserved

WBEZ found CPS cut about 1,000 positions last spring. Then, weeks into this school year, it opened hundreds of new jobs. The district says this approach is helping to ensure that all schools get ...
WBEZ

Property tax payment delay costs CPS almost a quarter million dollars a day

Cook County sent out property tax bills five months later than usual, leaving government agencies like CPS short on revenue. The cash-strapped school district had to take on more debt to make payroll.
SheKnows

When Should You Really Call CPS on Another Parent?

Of course we mostly only hear about Child Protective Services when terrible things happen. Like the five kids in Lansing, Michigan, who were locked in a “dungeon” without food, water or a chance to ...