Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union held a public bargaining session on “student experiences” recently that made it clear both sides are too focused on shedding accountability or lobbing attacks to help students experience better educations.

Parents, teachers and a student supporting the union painted a bleak picture of the education environment within many CPS schools, decrying the variability between facilities in different parts of the city. On the other side, CPS kept pointing to its new funding model, promising it will make schools more “equitable.”

Defense attorneys for the four former Commonwealth Edison executives and lobbyists convicted of bribing one of the state’s most powerful politicians have asked a judge to drop the case.

The four defendants, who have not be sentenced, want Judge Manish Shah to dismiss the indictment against them and issue an acquittal after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the federal bribery statute.

The bacteria that cause Legionnaires’ disease have been found in the drinking water of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Loop offices, and employees are demanding the problem be fixed.

High levels of lead and copper were also found in a pair of water sources at the offices.

Chicago Public Schools Inspector General Will Fletcher resigned Aug. 23, officials confirmed to WTTW News.

Fletcher, who took over as the school district’s watchdog in February 2020, left CPS with nearly two years remaining in his term.

The Illinois Flag Commission will begin accepting submissions for a new state flag design next week, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Wednesday.

The commission was created last year after Senate Bill 1818 was signed into law.

With the November election rapidly approaching, invoices from the DuPage County clerk’s office are once again being held up for payment — a move the county clerk said has cost the county roughly $25,000.

DuPage County Auditor Bill White said in an Aug. 21 memorandum that the county has been unable to pay 13 invoices totaling $142,823. The reason is insufficient funds in specific budget lines or a lack of documentation to process the bills.

While students and staff members in the Champaign School District started their school year on Aug. 12, many kids are still at home without an assigned classroom.

The student registration deadline was May 1st, but many families weren’t able to sign up by that time, and signed up over the summer. Now, some of those parents have big questions as they scramble to find a place for their kids to learn.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday discarded the Biden administration’s request to temporarily reinstate its new student debt plan that would lower payments for millions of borrowers.

The Justice Department’s emergency appeal asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower-court ruling currently halting President Biden’s plan as a legal challenge proceeds.