The Chicago Teachers Union president declared during a Monday speech that children belong to the city school system as it faces enrollment decline and rising costs.

Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) president Stacy Davis Gates said on Monday that “all children belong to” the union. At the ...

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates demanded that Chicago Public Schools take out loans to cover the ...

Davis Gates also said more needs to be done to persuade lawmakers in Springfield to provide CPS more money, arguing the state ...

Charter school contracts can be renewed for up to 10 years, but the Chicago Teachers Union has been pressuring for as few as ...

Chicago Teachers Union votes to refuse in-person work, defy Chicago Public Schools’ reopening plan In response, CPS officials said they will delay the scheduled return of thousands of teachers ...

Chicago Public Schools’ crossing guard staff were cut by 15% Friday as the district announced sweeping layoffs in an effort ...

CPS said it laid off the 161 workers, including several crossing guards, to help plug the $743M budget deficit.

Declining school enrollment has left 30% of Chicago public schools at least half-empty. The city’s failure to address this ...