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OCPS faculty and staff called out in large numbers on the first day of school after winter break, according to OCPS Superintendent Barbara Jenkins. Jenkins,...

The Chicago Teachers Union voted Tuesday to switch to remote learning because of a surge in COVID cases, prompting Chicago Public Schools to cancel classes Wednesday.

This peak is in terms of hospitalizations, the more were going to be able to save lives not just from covid but from other conditions that require medical care. >> take us to chicago. as of this morning, 340,000 kids not going to school. the decision was not made by the governor, it was not made by the mayor. it was not made by an education head or the board of education. the teachers union? >> reporter: right, steph, when the teachers came back with their students on monday from winter holiday ...

Some parents not knowing if they have child care if they cant send their children to school. this is obviously a big blow right now here in chicago. the latest in this saga between -- at the school district. the mayor clearly very frustrated, expressing in a press conference last night that this would ultimately be harmful for students health and their learning. i want to hear a little bit from both the mayor and the superintendent of schools here. >> leadership is compelling its membership to m...

Return to remote learning, but as you mentioned, after that vote, the teachers union says the city and the district locked them out of their online learning portals. we heard from educators throughout the day. heres what one of them had to say in response to the mayor. >> the schools are safe. we know it because of the hundreds of millions of dollars that cps has invested in our schools. why are we here again? it doesnt make any practical sense. >> i have seen how the schools are not clean. if w...

There were just 29 at the start of fall.

Local schools are walking a fine line as they prepare to welcome back kids and staff from the holidays.

Central bank balances accounted for more than 70% of the CCP’s total liquidity buffer in Q3

Parents in Chicago are outraged as the city's teachers union mulls a potential walkout this week ahead of a vote on whether the schools will return to remote learning.

Classes in the nation’s third-largest school district will be canceled Wednesday if the teachers union votes to switch to remote learning due to the latest COVID-19 surge, the head of Chicago Public Schools said Tuesday.