The Chicago Teachers Union celebrated a legal victory after suing the Chicago Public Schools for giving CEO Ron Huberman the power to fire teachers based on performance.
A strike by construction workers has shut down job sites across the Chicago area since last week. But on Tuesday morning, some workers were crossing picket lines to finish a project at a west suburban high school.
Several school referenda will be on the ballot in next Tuesday's primary election, including one in the south suburbs that is up for consideration again.
Kankakee School District 111 announced Thursday that the Board of Education and teachers on strike have reached a tentative agreement on their contract.
Teachers in a south suburban school district voted Monday on a tentative contract that could end their strike. The Prairie-Hills School District has been idled for more than a week.