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CPS Laying Off 1,150 Teachers And Clerical Staff

CPS Lays Of Nearly 1,200 WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago Public Schools officials have sent layoff notices to 550 teachers and 600 clerical support staff, but said the teachers will...

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Indiana Approves Controversial ‘Career Specialist’ Teaching Permit

(CBS) – The Indiana State Board of Education has stirred a lively debate after opening the door for those without teacher’s licenses to get jobs teaching high school classes. WBBM Newsradio’s Mike...

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Waukegan Teachers Strike Continues; Threat Looms In Hinsdale

(CBS) – A teachers strike in Waukegan continued this week after negotiations failed to yield an agreement with the school district. Representatives for teachers and the Board of Education met for...

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Justice Department: Pregnant Teachers Illegally Fired At Scammon Elementary

CHICAGO (CBS) – The Justice Department says pregnant teachers at a Northwest Side elementary school were fired in violation of the Civil Rights act, which explicitly bans employers from discriminating...

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Confusion Continues Over Standardized Testing In Chicago

Last year, after thousands of Illinois parents signed a petition to delay standardized tests, Chicago Public Schools promised parents they would only administer new standardized tests to 10% of its...

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1st Grade Teacher At Gillespie School Receives Golden Apple Award

CHICAGO (CBS) — Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching award winners are being announced this week, and among the first was a teacher on the city’s South Side. Gillespie School 1st grade teacher Monica...

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Critics Want Law Changed To Reduce Pension Boosts For Retiring Teachers

CHICAGO (CBS) — Citizen advocates have called for changes in a state law allowing local school boards to use big pay raises to boost the pensions of retiring teachers. The Chicago Tribune has reported...

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Drop In First-Time Teacher Licenses Has Indiana Facing Shortage

(CBS) — Indiana is facing a big teacher shortage, reports WBBM’s Veronica Carter. There’s been a 63 percent drop in the number of licenses being handed out to first-time teachers in the last few years....

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Urban Prep Teachers Claim They Were Fired For Unionizing

CHICAGO (CBS) — Sixteen teachers who claim they were fired from Urban Prep Academies charter schools for union activities staged a demonstration in the Loop on Friday, attempting to pressure the school...

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Teachers Strike Looming In Prospect Heights

Teachers Strike May Hit Prospect Heights WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) — The first strike in Prospect Heights School District 23 ever could happen this week. Teachers are asking for $1.3 million in...

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VIDEO: Suburban High School Teachers Tells Students Why They Matter

CHICAGO (CBS) — A teacher at Glenbard South High School in Glen Ellyn challenged fellow teachers to a ‘positivity challenge’ by telling students why they matter. The teachers recorded the challenge,...

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Noble Charter School Staff Seek To Unionize

CHICAGO (CBS) — Teachers at the Noble Network of Charter School told their employer Friday morning that they intend to unionize at the city’s largest charter school network. And if they succeed, the...

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West Chicago Teachers “Working To Terms” Until New Contract Is Reached

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Teachers for West Chicago Community High School are taking a job action short of a strike, for now, as they try to negotiate a contract with District 94. The West Chicago...

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Teacher Says He Was Suspended For Serving Pancakes During State Test

CBS Local — A middle school teacher in Pennsylvania is reportedly heading back to work just days after he was suspended for serving his students pancakes during a state exam. Kyle Byler, an...

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Teacher: I Was Fired Over ‘No Zeros’ Grading Policy For Kids Who Didn’t Do...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS Local) — A teacher in Florida says she was fired for refusing to give students grades on homework that wasn’t turned in. Diana Tirado got a job at West Gate K-8 School in Port...

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Vote On Proposal To Arm Illinois Teachers Creates Division

Chicago (CBS) — A proposal to arm Illinois teachers with guns failed Saturday. Supporters of the move say it could keep students safe from school violence, but opponents say there has to be another...

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No School Again As First U.S. Charter School Strike Continues

CHICAGO (CBS) – For more than 7,000 Chicago students there is no school again Wednesday as the first ever U.S. charter school strike continues. Acero Schools teachers, joined by veterans of their...

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Deal Reached In Acero Charter School Strike

Chicago (CBS) —The celebration was on today. The strike, which started Tuesday, is officially over meaning that 500 school employees at 15 Acero charter schools will go back to work on Monday. RELATED...

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Geneva Teachers, Students To Return To School Tuesday As Teacher Strike Ends

CHICAGO (CBS) — Thousands of students and teachers will return to school in Geneva Tuesday as teachers are heading back to the classroom after nearly a week on the picket line. Teachers in west...

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Young Teachers Opt For Chicago-Area, Leaving Downstate Areas With A Shortage

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A study has found that an Illinois’ teacher shortage has become particularly acute in central and southern sections of the state. The State Journal-Register in Springfield...

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Where Do Suspended CPS Employees Go While Under Investigation? Some Were...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Since 2018, the Chicago Public Schools have been removing teachers from the classroom immediately when sexual abuse allegations surface, but where do those teachers go? CBS 2 Morning...

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Nominations For Illinois Top Teacher, Education Boosters Open

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Board of Education is accepting nominations for key awards for top teachers and community members who aid schools. The 2020 Illinois Teacher of the Year and...

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Gov. JB Pritzker Signs Law Increasing Minimum Salary For Illinois Teachers

CHICAGO (CBS) — In an effort to address a statewide teacher shortage, Gov. JB Pritzker has signed legislation gradually raising the minimum salary for Illinois teachers to $40,000 a year. Since 1980,...

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Bears Wide Receiver Allen Robinson Gives Teachers Back-To-School Shopping Spree

VERNON HILLS, Ill. (CBS) — After the Bears’ practice at Halas Hall on Tuesday, wide receiver Allen Robinson surprised 25 teachers with a shopping spree. Robinson took the teachers to the Hawthorne...

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Despite Being Cleared By DCFS, Multiple Suspended CPS Workers Kept On Paid Leave

CHICAGO (CBS) — A CBS 2 inquiry sparked by an investigation into spending on suspended Chicago Public School employees led to some surprising statistics from Illinois’ Department of Children and Family...

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Pritzker, Education Leaders Introduce ‘Act Of God’ Days Amid COVID-19 Absences

CHICAGO (CBS) —  With thousands of teachers and education workers out of school over the coronavirus, Illinois Governor JB is instituting so-called “Act of God” days where staff will be paid through...

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‘I Miss Them So Much’: Husband And Wife Teacher Duo Rearranging Life At Home...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Instead of educating future leaders in a classroom, learning is taking place in kitchens and dens because of COVID-19. In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, CBS 2 Morning Insider...

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Teachers Now Allowed To Count E-Learning Toward License Renewal

CHICAGO (CBS)– Many Illinois educators are facing the challenge of meeting requirements to renew their licenses. Every five years, teachers need to meet 120 professional development hours. If they...

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Teachers Demand Switch To Remote Learning At Chicago Archdiocese Schools Amid...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Some Chicago Catholic school teachers are demanding an end to in-school learning, at least near-term. As CBS 2’s Jeremy Ross reported, the teachers said they do not feel safe amid the...

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‘We Can Only Do So Much:’ Teachers Mourn Pregnant Teen Shot Dead In Gage...

CHICAGO CBS) — Lizette Mata, 16, is among Chicago’s latest young victims of gun violence – she was killed this past Thursday night in Gage Park. And we learning that not only was she shot while trying...

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CPS Teachers Instruct Students From Outside School Board President’s Home,...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Public Schools won’t let teachers conduct remote learning from their homes. So dozens of teachers who are refusing to go back into classrooms yet set up classes in a rather...

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Chicago Faith Leaders Show Support For CPS Teachers Hesitant To Return To...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Faith, community, and labor leaders are showing support for teachers and staff fighting the Chicago Public Schools re-opening plan. They said the pressure on teachers to return to...

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Some Fortunate CPS Teachers Get COVID-19 Vaccine At Last Minute At Edgewater...

CHICAGO (CBS) — It turns out some Chicago teachers were fortunate enough to get the COVID-19 vaccine early. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported, a glitch at one Walgreens in the Edgewater neighborhood...

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Teachers In Wealthier School Districts Have Big Leg Up In COVID-19 Vaccine...

CHICAGO (CBS) — The vast majority of educators in Illinois can’t get their hands on COVID-19 vaccine – but some can. And as CBS2’s Chris Tye found out Tuesday, the more affluent the school, the more...

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‘One Step Closer To Getting Back To Normal’: After Canceling, Walgreens Will...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Thousands of teachers in Lake County will be getting vaccinated after all. This after Deerfield-based Walgreens promised them the vaccines, but then backed out. CBS 2’s Meredith Barack...

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Chicago Public Schools Teachers Asked To Report To Board Of Education On...

CHICAGO (CBS) — If you’re a Chicago Public Schools teacher, the school board wants to know your vaccination status, right now. Employees of CPS are not required to get the coronavirus vaccine, but they...

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Illinois Schools Struggle To Fill Teaching Vacancies; One District Hires...

(CNN) — As another school year approaches, administrators nationwide are facing teacher shortages. Southwest of Chicago, Steven Wrobleski is worried. School starts August 11 and he still has openings...

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Seeking To Hire Hundreds Of Loan Officers, Mortgage Company Recruiting...

CHICAGO (CBS) — From a year of educating behind a screen to months bouncing between remote and virtual, the pandemic has sent teaching into a tumult. Now one Chicago company is offering a lifeboat to...

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Teachers Rally In Solidarity Against Attempts Across Country To Prohibit...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Dozens of teachers held a rally Saturday, pledging to teach the truth in their classrooms. The teachers said they are resisting attempts by lawmakers in at least 28 states to pass...

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‘Beyond Crisis’: How Educators Describe Staff Shortages At The...

CHICAGO (CBS) — If your kids Thanksgiving break expanded by a few days, you are not alone. Several districts in our area called this entire week off. Is this a trend we should expect to see more of?...

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