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A student draws with a marker on a big sheet of paper on the first day of Chicago’s second school reopening.

As students return to Chicago classrooms, some families call for remote learning improvements

By Mila Koumpilova and Yana Kunichoff February 11

Mayor Lori Lightfoot wearing a face mask that reads STAY SAFE.

Chicago schools reopening news: Teachers back a deal to begin reopening Chicago’s schools

By Chalkbeat Staff February 10

A bottle of hand sanitizer in a library.

It’s official: Final teacher vote seals deal to reopen Chicago schools

By Yana Kunichoff February 10

Teacher and student wearing masks in a mostly empty classroom.

Could Chicago’s school reopening deal set a higher bar for other districts?

By Mila Koumpilova February 9

Signs posted outside a Chicago elementary school ask all who enter to wear a face mask.

Deal that would reopen Chicago schools clears key hurdle. Now teachers decide.

By Yana Kunichoff February 8

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis in 2016

Chicago leader Karen Lewis, who changed the face of teacher organizing, is dead at 67

By Cassie Walker Burke and Yana Kunichoff February 8

A health screening station with an ipad and hand sanitizer.

Here’s the tentative deal Chicago teachers are considering

By Yana Kunichoff February 7

Students exit the bus at Southside Occupational, a Chicago high school for children with disabilities that reopened in the first wave of Chicago’s reopening plan. That plan is now in jeopardy.

Chicago close to tentative agreement with teachers union to end school reopening impasse

By Yana Kunichoff and Cassie Walker Burke February 7

Chicago pushes reopening, says it could start locking out teachers who won’t return to classrooms

By Cassie Walker Burke and Mila Koumpilova February 5

An orange sign says “testing in progress, do not disturb” as students work in the background

Majority of Illinois school superintendents sign letter against spring testing

By Samantha Smylie February 5

Teacher Kathy McInerney, center, spends intervals of time dedicated to teaching a specific group of students during class at CICS West Belden. The Chicago charter school employs the personalized learning method for its K-8 students. The school is part of the Chicago International Charter School network, and is managed by Distinctive Schools. Photo by Stacey Rupolo/Chalkbeat

Illinois board of education proposes culturally responsive teaching standards

By Samantha Smylie February 4

A closed Chicago school playground has a sign for wearing face masks due to COVID-19.

Chicago again delays reopening as union, city fail to reach deal

By Yana Kunichoff February 3

Some Illinois school districts are pressing ahead with reopening despite slow vaccine rollout

By Samantha Smylie February 3

Trinity sitting on steps outside of school with her backpack and laptop.

Missing from Chicago’s reopening debate: high schools. ‘We are a forgotten group.’

By Mila Koumpilova February 3

‘Muy raro e inquietante’: así definen las familias de Chicago el proceso de reapertura de las escuelas

By Cassie Walker Burke and Mila Koumpilova February 2

Educators at several Chicago schools, including Bateman Elementary, took their desks outdoors to teach remotely this week, as the union escalated efforts to push back on the city’s school reopening plan.

Chicago delays reopening and calls for ‘cooling off’ period amid union standoff

By Yana Kunichoff February 1

Teacher and student wearing masks in a mostly empty classroom.

Chicago issues teachers an ultimatum: Report to work Monday or there will be consequences

By Yana Kunichoff January 31

An empty classroom with desks spaced out six feet apart.

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Reopening

Amid stalemate with teachers union, Chicago mayor vows to press ahead with reopening schools

By Mila Koumpilova January 29

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First Person

I’m a Chicago teacher headed back to campus. I’m just as confused as you are.

To foster transparency, let’s broadcast negotiations between the district and the union.

By Shayna Boyd January 29

Students exit the bus at Southside Occupational, a Chicago high school for children with disabilities that reopened in the first wave of Chicago’s reopening plan. That plan is now in jeopardy.

With only days until students return, Chicago wonders: What’s next?

By Cassie Walker Burke, Mila Koumpilova, and 1 more January 29

Pre-kindergarten students eat lunch at their desks under new COVID-19 rules in Chicago schools.

Filed under:

Reopening

Encuesta: ¿Qué piensan los estudiantes y las familias sobre el plan de reapertura de Chicago?

By Cassie Walker Burke and Caroline Bauman January 28

Trinity’s to do list and headphones placed on top of her laptop.

A troubling trend in Chicago’s school reopening: More students disengaged

By Yana Kunichoff January 28

Educators at several Chicago schools, including Bateman Elementary, took their desks outdoors to teach remotely this week, as the union escalated efforts to push back on the city’s school reopening plan.

Chicago cancels in-person classes Wednesday as teachers announce walkout

By Yana Kunichoff and Mila Koumpilova January 26

As Elgin reopens, teachers raise questions about safety, missing data

By Samantha Smylie January 26

‘Very strange and unsettling right now’: Chicago families weary of reopening uncertainty

By Cassie Walker Burke and Mila Koumpilova January 26

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