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  • Doctors treated nearly 20 kids after they apparently took some unknown pills at two Chicago schools.
  • Doctors treated nearly 20 kids after they apparently took some unknown pills at two Chicago schools.
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  • An Illinois lawmaker wants to change the way Chicago Public Schools gets state grant money.
  • An Illinois lawmaker wants to change the way Chicago Public Schools gets state grant money.
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  • Library resources needed after budget layoffs
  • There was a call Thursday for more library resources at some Chicago Public Schools, as some librarians were laid off during school budget cuts.
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chicago public schools, rahm emanuel, chicago news, leah hope
  • Council votes to rename school for Jesse Owens
  • The name Jesse Owens, a legendary track and field Olympian, is one step closer to being back on the front of a Chicago public school.
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chicago public schools, local, diane pathieu
  • CPS makes changes after ABC7 I-Team investigation
  • The I-Team follows up on a 2011 investigation that uncovered problems with the way CPS spent taxpayer money on furniture.
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  • Chicago Public Schools released a 10-year master plan that officials hope will improve education by improving facilities.
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  • CPS moves to student-based budgeting
  • Chicago Public School budgets are based on 20th day enrollment and this year, the district has moved to student-based budgeting.
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  • Wildwood School to get $15M addition
  • Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Monday afternoon that a multi-million dollar addition will be built to an overcrowded elementary school on the far Northwest Side.
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chicago public schools, rahm emanuel, local, john garcia
  • CPS to build new school
  • Chicago Teachers Union officials want to know where CPS came up with the money to build a new school on the Southeast Side.
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rahm emanuel, chicago public schools, chicago news, jessica d'onofrio
  • Emanuel says new SE Side school to ease overcrowding
  • In a Sunday night appearance, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced plans to build a new school on Chicago's Southeast Side.
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  • Truancy on CPS headcount day costs schools
  • On a day where attendance determines how much money CPS schools are allocated, ABC7 found some students hanging out on the street.
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  • Just in time for the new school year a new library is now open in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
  • Just in time for the new school year a new library is now open in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
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  • New CPS iPads, A/C going only to welcoming schools
  • iPads and air conditioners were handed out by the Chicago School Board to the welcoming schools that are taking in new students from schools that closed, but so far, kids at other Chicago Public Schools have not received these new items.
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  • CPS to open with changes, challenges
  • When many Chicago kids go back to school Monday they'll be going to a different school than they did just a few months ago. Friday, ABC7 got an inside tour of one of the so-called welcoming schools.
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chicago public schools, local, evelyn holmes
  • School to lose Jesse Owens name
  • Jesse Owens Community Academy on the South Side was one of the dozens of elementary schools Chicago Public Schools closed this year and soon it will have a new name.
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chicago public schools, local, sarah schulte
  • City clears vacant buildings from CPS safe passage routes
  • As part of the plan to bring safe passage to Chicago Public School students, vacant buildings are being torn down along the routes.
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chicago public schools, local, paul meincke
  • Full day kindergarten to double classroom time
  • Chicago's new full-day kindergarten program will double the amount of time thousands of Chicago kindergartener's will spend in the classroom.
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rahm emanuel, barbara byrd-bennett, karen lewis, chicago public schools, local, charles thomas
  • Chicago Public School leaders got an earful Thursday night at a public hearing about next years budget.
  • Chicago Public School leaders got an earful Thursday night at a public hearing about next year's budget.
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  • A Cook County judge has rejected a request to keep ten Chicago public schools open.
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  • There's a push to remind Chicago parents and students that the new school year starts a full week earlier than in the past.
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  • The Black United Fund is among 19 vendors hiring new safe passage workers. There's been no shortage of interest.
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  • A coalition of community groups wants Andrea Zopp to resign as president of the Chicago Urban league and leave her post on the Chicago School Board.
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  • CPS budget proposal includes property tax increase
  • The Chicago Public Schools board released a 2014 budget that affects everyone from CPS employees to all Illinois taxpayers.
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  • CPS layoffs a bloodbath, CTU says
  • More than 2,000 Chicago Public Schools teachers and staff found out found out Friday that they no longer have jobs.
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  • CPS will lay off more than 2,000 employees on Friday, citing budget cuts and declining enrollment.
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  • CPS will lay off more than 2,000 employees on Friday, according to a press release from the Chicago Teachers Union.
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  • Chicago Public Schools will lay off more than 2,000 employees on Friday, according to a press release from the Chicago Teachers Union.
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  • Chicago Public Schools administrators are backtracking after making some misleading claims about the school district's graduation rate.
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  • A graduation hat is thrown in the air.
  • Chicago Public Schools students are on track to set the highest high school graduation rate since 1999, according to new CPS figures.
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  • Chicago public school officials are preparing welcoming schools for Chicago students whose schools are on the list to be closed in the fall.
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  • School closings will be the topic of a community meeting Monday evening. The meeting will be held at the Apostolic Church of God at 63rd and Dorchester on Chicago's South Side.
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  • Now that the Chicago teachers strike is over, the hard work of paying for the new contract begins.
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chicago public schools, local, eric horng
  • The Chicago Teachers Union filed a 10-day strike notice Wednesday.
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  • The Chicago Teachers Union could be ready to issue a 10-day advance strike notice as students prepare to head back to class.
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chicago public schools, local, eric horng
  • The Chicago Teachers Union will file a 10-day strike notice Wednesday, according to published reports.
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chicago public schools, local, eric horng
  • The Chicago Teachers Union and school officials spent another day working to hammer out a new contract with no deal reached.
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chicago public schools, local, evelyn holmes
  • Negotiations resumed between the school board and Chicago Teachers Union Thursday, but there was no word on whether any progress was made.
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chicago public schools, local, eric horng
  • The head of the Chicago Teachers Union got approval to authorize a strike less than two weeks before school is set to start.
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  • The Chicago Teachers Union is now taking its message about contract talks directly to the schools.
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  • The Board of Education and teachers union have rejected a fact finder's report on a new contract for CPS teachers.
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  • Chicago's Board of Education has rejected an arbitrator's proposal for a new contract for Chicago Public Schools teachers.
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  • Chicago's Board of Education has rejected an arbitrator's proposal for a new contract for Chicago Public Schools teachers.
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  • No one seems to be happy with an arbitrator's report on a new contract for Chicago Public School teachers.
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chicago public schools, local, karen jordan
  • The proposed budget for Chicago Public Schools includes a 2 percent raise for teachers. That's the initial offer made to the union during contract talks.
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  • Some parochial schools in Chicago will close because of the NATO summit while CPS officials plan to hold classes at schools near McCormick Place.
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chicago public schools, local, leah hope
  • Contract talks between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have reached a standstill.
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  • Bowing to pressure from parents and teachers, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday his modified plan for a longer school day in Chicago Public Schools.
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  • A new coalition representing 16 parent and community organizations is protesting longer school days at Chicago Public Schools.
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  • The Chicago Teachers Union says teachers voted overwhelmingly to support a strike in a mock poll.
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chicago public schools, local, theresa gutierrez
  • The installation of new, high-definition security cameras in 14 Chicago public schools is now complete, CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard announced Thursday morning.
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