The first official elected Chicago school board meeting focused on protecting Chicago Public School students from ICE, and a plea from the CPS CEO to undocumented parents.

The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools entered the “fact finding” phase of negotiations in January 2025. Here’s what that means, whether Chicago students might be out of class, when and what it all could do to taxpayers.

In Chicago Public Schools, which has received thousands of migrant students in recent years, schools are training staff and families on their rights and grappling with how to convince their communities that schools are safe.

The new school accountability dashboards replace the district’s controversial number ratings for schools, which CPS had put on hold.

Some moms and families of CPS students who lost their lives to gun violence are still waiting for arrests to be made. Others know suspects are in custody — but it does not make grieving any easier.

The immigration blitz was action long promised by President Donald Trump who made mass deportation central to his campaign.

The move to e-learning for some schools in the Chicago area comes after more than 100 schools across the city and the suburbs either closed or moved to online learning due to extreme cold, with wind chills as low as -30.

More than a dozen Chicago-area schools have already announced closures or switches to e-learning for Tuesday as a cold weather advisory for much of Northeastern Illinois and Northwest Indiana continues to grip the region.

The district is growing a pilot program in which some campuses serve as centralized pickup and dropoff locations.

Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union sent a letter reaffirming their commitment to being a sanctuary place for all students, parents, and employees.

While Martinez touted tentative agreements for lower class sizes in the youngest grades and more planning time for special education teachers, teachers union officials said there have been no new agreements since Dec.