(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday he looks forward to building a relationship with Brandon Johnson, who won Tuesday's mayoral election in Chicago. With thousands of mail-in ballots still to be coun.
With October being National Bullying Prevention Month, many schools and organizations across the U.S., including a high school on Chicago’s West Side, are.
Defying Teachers, Schools in Violent Chicago Neighborhoods Keep Police on Campus
CHICAGO For the new school year beginning in the fall, more Chicago public high schools are opting to remove on-campuspolice officers, a movement that gained momentum citywide last summer after the death of George Floyd.
Among about 30 high schools that retain officers, eight out of 10 are in the most violent neighborhoods on the South Side and West Side of the city, and most of their student bodies are predominantly African American.
Often at the pleading of parents who live in these neighborhoods, the local school councils voted to keep one or two police officers on campus, overcoming strong and emotional opposition from teachers and activists, who argued that on-campus officers will traumatize black youths and that students will be better served if the money is spent on social programs instead.
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Chicago Board Of Ed Beats Ex-Teacher s Age, Race Bias Suit
Law360 (May 11, 2021, 2:52 PM EDT) An Illinois federal judge tossed a suit from a former high school teacher who claimed she was fired because of age and racial bias by her supervisor, ruling she hadn t rebutted the Chicago education board s assertion that letting her go was a legitimate business decision.
U.S. District Court Judge Manish S. Shah granted summary judgment to the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, according to an order filed Monday. Judge Shah found that George Westinghouse College Prep teacher Eugenie Alvares, a 58-year-old Asian American woman, did not adequately prove that she was singled out and deprived of a fair.