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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

File - Organizers and volunteers for Brandon Johnson’s campaign cheer as Johnson and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders takes the stage at a rally at UIC Credit Union 1 Arena ahead of the runoff election on April 4, 2023.

Optimism and trust prevail between Chicago teachers and Mayor Brandon Johnson

Meghan Lajewski, Contributing Writer October 8, 2023

With the current contract for Chicago teachers expiring in June 2024, teachers hope Mayor Brandon Johnson’s educational background will foster better communication and build trust that will avert the...

Trenton Sapp (middle) poses with two of his students, (left) Jivontae Price and (right) Courtney William. Sapp teaches that success can come from any part of the city.

Chicago teacher fights for inner city success

Maria Guerrero, Contributing Writer November 18, 2019

A South Side teacher fights for the future of inner city kids within his classroom. Trenton Sapp, a Roseland resident, is a teacher at Corliss High School serving as a voice for his students since he...

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union walk the streets of Chicago to strike for support staff members, smaller class sizes and paid prep time on Thursday, Oct. 17.

Chicago Teachers Union strike may be over, but continues to affect student athletes

Joey Cahue November 12, 2019

Endless hours of after-school practices, long commutes to away games and late nights buried in books after their games – all this demanding work and preparation could go to waste for Chicago Public Schools...

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union walk past the Loop’s DePaul Center on Thursday, Oct. 17.

Anxious students felt pinch amid Chicago teachers strike

Kathleen Foody, Associated Press October 31, 2019

Deadlines that affected Chicago students and striking teachers loomed over efforts this week to resolve a walkout that canceled classes for 11 days in the nation's third-largest school district. Parents...

Members of the Chicago Teachers Unions governing body arrive at the unions Near West Side headquarters to vote whether or not to suspend the longest Chicago Public Schools teachers strike in three decades, Wednesday evening, Oct. 30, 2019, in Chicago.

Chicago teachers OK tentative agreement but strike goes on

Kathleen Foody, Associated Press October 30, 2019

Chicago's teachers union voted to approve a tentative contract agreement with city officials Wednesday but refused to end a strike that has canceled two weeks of classes unless the city's mayor adds school...

Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey (center) and Vice President Stacy Davis Gates (left) join members of to walk the streets of Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 17.

Chicago Teachers Union strike continues into third week

Wendy Blanquel-Garcia October 27, 2019

Forty students in one class, 30 desks for all of them and only one teacher trying to teach and pay attention to each student. This has been a typical day for many overcrowded CPS classrooms during the...

Thousands of striking Chicago Teachers Union and their supporters march at City Hall before Mayor Lori Lightfoot was scheduled to deliver her first budget address during the monthly Chicago City Council meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Classes at Chicago Public Schools were canceled for the fifth day on Wednesday as the Chicago Teachers Union and the district remained at odds over teacher pay, class sizes and additional staff for schools.

Chicago teachers’ strike sidelines athletes, future hopes

John O'Connor, Associated Press October 25, 2019

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A strike by school teachers in Chicago has spread from the picket line to the playing field. Thousands of high school athletes, shut out of class for more than a week, are...

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union walk the streets of Chicago to strike for support staff members, smaller class sizes and paid prep time on Thursday, Oct. 17.

Warren joins striking Chicago teachers as negotiations stall

Kathleen Foody, Associated Press October 22, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called for people across the country to support striking Chicago teachers after joining educators picketing outside an elementary school on Tuesday,...

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union walk past the Loop’s DePaul Center on Thursday, Oct. 17.

Understaffed and overcrowded: Chicago teachers on strike

María Marta Guzmán, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief October 21, 2019

Chicago Public School teachers are currently on strike since Thursday for what they say are necessary school resources. Chicago Teachers Union moved forward with the strike after not coming to an agreement...

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union walk the streets of Chicago to strike for support staff members, smaller class sizes and paid prep time on Thursday, Oct. 17.

Chicago Teachers Union takes to the streets

Ryan Gilroy, Copy Editor October 21, 2019

The Chicago Teachers Union formed picket lines and peacefully walked the streets of Chicago on Thursday and Friday after failing to reach an agreement with Chicago Public Schools. At 6:30 a.m. on Thursday,...

FILE-A student pours milk on his cereal as Mayor Lori Lightfoot passes out breakfast to Chicago Public Schools students at a contingency site, Gads Hill Center Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Striking Chicago teachers have returned to the picket lines for a second day as union and city bargainers try to hammer out a contract in the nations third-largest school district.

Chicago strike means day off for some, emergency for others

Kathleen Foody and Don Babwin October 19, 2019

Chicago parents leaned on family, friends and community groups as 25,000 teachers in the nation's third-largest school district went on strike this past week, canceling classes for more than 300,000...

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, center, other union officials and their supporters lead thousands of striking union members on a march through the Loop, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Chicago. Striking teachers went on strike after their union and city officials failed to reach a contract deal in the nations third-largest school district.

School’s out: Chicago teachers strike

Kathleen Foody and Don Babwin October 18, 2019

Striking teachers marched in picket lines outside hundreds of Chicago schools on Thursday after their union and city officials failed to reach a contract deal in the nation's third-largest school district,...

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