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ELECTION CENTRAL: Chicago ditched school ratings years ago, but 1 in 5 school board candidates want to bring them back
The three candidates for Chicago School Board president want CPS to remain a system of choice, but they diverge on whether the district should rate schools and how parents should weigh their options.
Chalkbeat
Chicago school board member Rivas scrutinized over 2018 work suspension
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. Less than a week before Election Day, school board member Carlos Rivas is facing criticism for a 2018 incident in which records show he was disciplined for excessive drinking and unwanted touching of a colleague while working at UIC College Prep, a Noble charter high school on the Near West Side. Rivas was elected in 2024 to represent District 3 , which has now been divided into 3a and 3b. He is running for reelection in District 3b, which covers Humboldt Park and Hermosa, against Jason Dónes, who works at an education nonprofit. This year, voters are electing all 21 members of the school board after a two-year period in which 11 were still appointed by the mayor. The revelations about Rivas’ past conduct surfaced this week in campaign mailers funded by Our Schools PAC, which is heavily funded by the Chicago Teachers Union and is backing Dónes. The Chicago Sun-Times also reported on the allegations earlier this week. Rivas is backed by SEIU,
WTTW - Chicago PBS
Evanston Parents Threaten Legal Action Following District’s Proposal to Close Two Schools
Evanston parents are continuing their fight to keep two elementary schools open. Attorneys and members of the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 community filed a legal objection Friday demanding that the district withdraw or defer action on its Financial Sustainability Plan, which includes a proposal to close Dewey and Lincolnwood elementary schools at the end of the 2026-2027 academic year.
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Students believe school is haunted
A significant number of Morton East students believe their school is haunted, according to a recent student survey. In a random survey of 100 Morton East students, 35 students (35%) said they believe Morton East is haunted. According to ChatGPT, there is a legend at Morton’s auditorium that supposedly is...
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Teacher Stipends Five Months Overdue
Whether they create art for the community or represent a culture, Jones clubs offer a safe space for students with similar interests to bond. In order for these clubs to operate, a teacher is required to sponsor the club. These sponsors are supposed to receive a stipend typically within one to two months of school getting out. Five months later, they still have not received their stipends.
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Chicago mom fights for safe school transportation as son with autism misses weeks of class
CHICAGO - Before Antonio Morrison can begin a lesson, he faces another hurdle: getting to school. The 15-year-old sophomore with autism attends Acacia Academy in La Grange Highlands, about 20 miles from his family’s Bronzeville home. His mother, Theresa Morrison, says taking him there, returning home and making the trip again for pickup adds up to 79 miles a day.
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District 65 parents threaten lawsuit over school closure plans
A group of Evanston/Skokie District 65 parents who are attorneys sent a demand letter to interim Superintendent Eric Witherspoon and the school board Friday evening threatening to sue the school district over the school closure process. At Monday’s school board meeting, District 65 administrators said that despite accidentally overstating spending...
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Parents from schools targeted for closure say they feel ‘gaslit’ after District 65 meeting
Parents expressed anger, sadness and disappointment in interviews with the RoundTable Wednesday as they reacted to this week’s Evanston/Skokie District 65 board meeting. At that meeting, administrators maintained that, despite accidentally overstating spending by millions in their five-year financial projections, they are not making significant changes to their plan to close Lincolnwood and Dewey elementary schools and cut nonmandated programs.
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For Chicago school board candidates, school closures are no longer off-limits
Data analysis by Thomas Wilburn Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. Pastor Michael Neal was leading a church service at Price Elementary in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood in late 2011 when word spread among his congregation that the school would close at the end of that school year. Neal’s church had just started using the shrinking school’s gym to host services. He remembers the following months as a frantic “funeral march.” Staff scrambled to secure other jobs and clear out, leaving behind piles of desks and chairs in the hallways. “It created a big shadow — a pall over the whole building,” Neal said of the closure decision. The following year, another 50 Chicago elementary schools closed , the largest mass closures in the country. The move helped make shuttering schools a politically toxic topic that Chicago officials have avoided . But in this fall’s historic school board election , candidates are once again debating closures. About a dozen of the 45 candidates said they would support some closures as the
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McAuley’s new Young Professionals Board opens with career-change panel
Career paths rarely follow a straight line, and four Mother McAuley High School graduates shared their professional journeys, challenges and unexpected opportunities during a panel discussion designed to help fellow alumnae consider what comes next. The event, “What’s Next? Navigating Career Changes: Panel and Networking,” was hosted by Mother McAuley’s...
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Lincoln teacher honored for teaching Spanish to kids
Rocio Jacoby, a Spanish teacher at Lincoln Elementary School in Oak Park, was named the 2026 Teacher of the Year by the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ICTFL). Jacoby received the award on Oct. 8, at the organization’s Fall Conference Awards Ceremony and will go on to compete for a regional teacher of the year award through the Central States region later this year.
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Letter: Deep dive, more input needed before schools closed, programs ended
As a District 65 graduate, the parent of District 65 graduates, the grandparent of current District 65 students and a longtime Evanston resident, I am deeply concerned by the proposed school closings and program cuts and flawed financial models used to justify them. Recent disclosures reveal the district has significantly...
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Women at Logan Prison Make History Graduating From Northwestern University. Meet Some of the Class
Eighteen women from Logan Correctional Center recently celebrated earning their bachelor’s degrees from Northwestern University, marking a historic milestone. Wearing gowns and stoles representing their accomplishments, the graduates walked into a ceremony years in the making. For their families, it was a chance to watch their loved ones take the stage and celebrate earning college degrees while incarcerated.
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ETHS boys soccer: Kits kick No. 1 seed to sidelines
Game plans rarely work to perfection in Illinois High School Association postseason play. But practice makes perfect — and Tommy Gilroy’s perfect throw-in to James Nicolaou worked like magic for Evanston’s boys soccer team Tuesday night at the Class 3A DePaul Prep Sectional tournament. The two ETHS...
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Under new Illinois school rating system, 6 District 65 schools ranked ‘exemplary’
After rating system changes for Illinois schools, Dawes, Dewey, Orrington, Walker, Washington and Willard elementary schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 received “exemplary” status on the 2025-26 Illinois Report Card. Chute, Haven and Nichols middle schools received an “approaching exemplary” rating. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and...
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North girls flag football wins state, ends season undefeated
On Oct. 18, the North girls varsity flag football team won the 2026 IHSA state finals and triumphed over Prospect High School 32-13. This moment was made even more special by the fact that this is just the third year flag football has been an IHSA-sanctioned sport, and the second year it has been an official sport at North.