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Chicago Public Schools teachers are expected to return ahead of the reopening of classrooms. This comes following the deal made between CTU and the district.

Under the plan, students, teachers and staff will have a staggered return to their physical classrooms. Pre-K and cluster students will return Thursday. Kindergarten through fifth grade returns on March 1 and sixth through eighth grade goes back on March 8. So far, no date has been set for high school students to return. Ebonie Davis and Tequila Singleton have children in CPS cluster programs. They say in-person learning is crucial to their kids development. "She has goals and benchmarks that s...

CTU officials said rank-and-file union members have voted in favor of a tentative agreement for teachers, students and staff to return to the classroom.

CTU officials said rank-and-file union members have voted in favor of a tentative agreement for teachers, students and staff to return to the classroom.

Can schools safely reopen without teachers vaccinated for COVID-19? Dr. Robert Citronberg with Advocate Aurora Health answers your COVID-19 questions. Twenty-five thousand Chicago Public School teachers will be asked whether the agreement struck between their union and the mayor is good enough for them to return to in-person learning via secret electronic ballot. "Our members have to read it, discuss, and ultimately, make a decision as to what is going to happen next," CTU President Jesse Shark...

Chicago Public Schools calling its latest proposal to the Chicago Teachers Union a "victory" Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools CEO Dr. Jackson announced that CPS has come to an a "tentative agreement" that would bring students and teachers back to in-person learning starting this week. "At long last, CPS has finally reached a tentative agreement" Lightfoot announced during a press conference Sunday afternoon. "I believe in science I trust the public health officials that theyre ma...

Chicago Public Schools has sent the Chicago Teachers Union its "final offer" to resume in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There is still no deal between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union as of Sunday evening as the district instructs all students to continue remote learning for Monday. Both sides claimed they were waiting on the other to start negotiations Sunday but did agree on their willingness to continue talks throughout the night. "Weve been waiting all day [Sunday] for in-person negotiations to begin. Weve been waiting on the CTU," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. "Were waitin...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There is still no deal between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union as of Friday night as the district tries to reopen in-person learning for some kindergarten through 8th grade students on Monday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said that while the district and union leadership agree on some items of contention in principle, but that union leadership has refused to put those agreements in writing and instead has added more items to the negotiating table that are not rela...