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February 18, 2021

Reporter's Notebook: Chicago schools face nightmare as Illinois pushes progressive politics

The disconnect between the progressive ideology driving these new standards and the realities on the ground could not be starker.

February 16, 2021

Catholic schools superintendent explains why vast majority of her students are back in class

In contrast to the political battle surrounding the reopening of public schools, the vast majority of America's Catholic schools are open for either in-person or hybrid learning, Partnership Schools Superintendent Kathleen Porter-Magee told "America Reports" Tuesday.

February 15, 2021

Liz Peek: Biden's early blunders – here's how he could hurt Democrats in 2022

Under cover of the impeachment circus, Joe Biden has been very busy, frantically extinguishing every last vestige of the Trump presidency.

January 31, 2021

Chicago mayor orders teachers to return to classroom as tug-of-war with union intensifies

"All teachers, pre-K through eight and cluster teachers must report," Lightfoot said in a press conference Sunday evening. "If you don’t have an approved accommodation, we expect to see you back in class. Those who do not report to work…we will have to take action. Let’s avoid that."

January 26, 2021

Union leader: Chicago teachers are battling both coronavirus pandemic and fear

American Federation of Teachers leader Randi Weingarten said Tuesday that Chicago educators are battling both the coronavirus pandemic and "fear" as an impasse continues over resuming in-person learning in America's third-largest city.

January 24, 2021

Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district

The union said the district’s safety plan falls short and that before teachers can return safely to schools, vaccinations would have to be more widespread and different metrics to measure infections would need to be in place.

January 12, 2021

Substitute teachers are in high demand as coronavirus cases rise

The increasing need for more substitute teachers to fill in for full-time teachers calling out sick, resigning or even protesting over in-school learning as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country has pushed some school districts to temporarily relax qualification requirements.

December 30, 2020

Joe Clark, no-nonsense NJ school principal who inspired movie ‘Lean on Me,’ dead at 82

Joe Clark, the no-nonsense, baseball-bat-wielding New Jersey high school principal who inspired the 1989 movie "Lean on Me," died Tuesday at age 82, his family announced.

December 24, 2020

Laid-off North Carolina preschool teacher wins $250G lottery prize

A North Carolina preschool teacher who was laid off earlier this year recently had his luck dramatically turn around. 

December 17, 2020

Ingraham: 'Left-wing loafers' of teachers' unions 'killing the kids' with insistence on school closures

Teachers' unions are anxious for President-elect Joe Biden to take office so they can further consolidate their power, Laura Ingraham told viewers Thursday.