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Jury awards $750,000 verdict against Chicago Public Schools

Jury awards $750,000 verdict against Chicago Public Schools on behalf of boy beaten with belts

A federal jury on Wednesday awarded a $750,000 verdict against the Chicago Public Schools for its liability in the belt beating of a fourth grader at school, CBS News Chicago is told.Plaintiff attorneys reported the verdict Wednesday.

Tribune News Service on MSN · 1h

‘It’s not who we are’: Jury awards Chicago student beaten at school with belts $750,000

By the time a federal jury delivered their verdict Wednesday evening, awarding Jomaury Champ’s family $750,000 in damages, the CPS student, who’s now 15, had long left the courtroom. On the last day of a civil trial focused on the beating he’d endured as a fourth-grade Tilton Elementary School student,

Chicago Sun-Times · 15h

Jury awards $750,000 to family of boy beaten in Chicago Public School in 2018

The Chicago Board of Education was ordered to pay the family of Jo'maury Champ, who at 9 was beaten with leather belts by his teacher's friend inside a bathroom at George W. Tilton Elementary School in West Garfield Park.

Yahoo · 17h

Family of boy beaten at CPS school in 2018 awarded $750,000

A federal jury has ordered the Chicago Board of Education to pay $750,000 to the family of a child who was beaten in a Chicago Public School in late 2018. The lawsuit was filed by Asia Gaines, the mother of “J.

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Chicago Tribune on MSN · 22h

Chicago school board votes unanimously to pass 5-year strategic plan aiming to create more ‘equitable’ district

The Chicago Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to pass a new, five-year strategic plan to address what the district calls “long-standing issues of equity” and “opportunity gaps” in the city’s public schools.

NBC Chicago on MSN · 1d

Chicago board votes to pass CPS' new 5-year plan aiming to create ‘equity-driven' schools

The future of Chicago Public Schools was in the hands of the Chicago Board of Education, as a critical vote over the district's new five-year plan took place.

Chalkbeat on MSN · 1d

CPS 5-Year Plan Aims To Get More Kids To Attend Neighborhood Schools

The plan did not call for specific changes to selective enrollment, magnet, or charter schools, a possibility signaled in December when the board first announced its intention to rethink school choice.

Chicago-area schools face wave of violent threats as new school year begins, leading to lockdowns and remote learning

Threats of violence have sparked chaos at dozens of schools in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs since the beginning of the ...

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CPS strategic plan gets mixed reviews, including 'relief' from charter schools

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Board of Education unanimously approved the strategic plan during a special board meeting Wednesday ...

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Chicago teachers want to transform their city into a ‘system of care’—will Dems go along?

While Chicago teachers were successfully making progressive change in Chicago, Democrats took control of the Illinois state legislature, and with the election of J.B. Pritzker in 2018, elected one of ...

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Chicago Public Schools Launch New Five-Year Plan Focused on Equity and Holistic Student Success

The Chicago Board of Education approves a new five-year CPS strategic plan focused on equity and holistic student success.

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Explaining Chicago Public Schools: The buildings

The average age of a Chicago public school is 83 years and 70 schools have facilities built before 1900. It would cost $14.4 ...

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Weigh in on Chicago Public Schools arts education

Chicago Public Schools is hosting a series of roundtable discussions for the public to weigh in on the future of arts ...

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Chicago Public Schools focus on equity, redefining student success in new strategic plan

"This plan requires more of us to ensure that every student in every school in every community has access to a high-quality ...

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Explaining Chicago Public Schools: The employees

The number of people directly employed by CPS has increased — growing to more than 41,000 this school year. However, not all ...

Chicago Teachers Union president discusses CPS 5-year strategic plan

Stacy Davis says CTU likes everything about the plan, but it mirrors contract proposals.

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