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CTU calls on state to help as CPS faces $730M budget shortfall
CTU officials are calling on the state to pay CPS $1.2 billion in what they believed is owed to them by Illinois and to call ...
Illinois Policy1d
Is Chicago Teachers Union about to grab more control of statewide union?
Illinois Federation of Teachers President Dan Montgomery won’t be seeking reelection, and three other executive board members ...
‘We won’t let it stand’: Chicago Teachers Union calls for state aid amid budget deficit
Financial problems are piling up at Chicago Public Schools, amid the district’s growing budget deficit and more cuts from the ...
Independent Journal Review2d
Teachers Union’s ‘Climate Justice’ Goals Meet Fiscal Reality As Students Fail
Climate justice” provisions in the Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) new contract are colliding with financial reality as the ...
E&E News4d
Chicago teachers won climate action in their contract. But funding issues loom.
The school system must contend with a $700 million budget deficit and the likelihood of less money from the federal ...
Chalkbeat on MSN3d
Chicago Public Schools facing cash crunch as it works to close $734 million deficit
District officials haven't said when they’ll be able to pay teachers retroactive raises for last school year and more layoffs ...