The head of the teachers union says his hopes of a quick end were dashed after Mayor Lori Lightfoot sent a letter to teachers.
Negotiations resumed at 9:30 a.m. at Malcolm X College, after officials failed to find a deal this past weekend.
Teachers are expected to begin the morning at the picket line again following 10 hours at the bargaining table Thursday.
One teacher, Susan Buchanan, told CBS 2’s Tara Molina that a lack of nurses is her main issue – and is drastically affecting her students.
Beyond the fact classes are cancelled until the strike ends, here are five things you need to know about the work stoppage.
But the 1987 strike was not the longest teachers’ strike in Illinois history, or even in Illinois that year.
Chicago teachers have declared a strike and are set to walk off the job effective at midnight Wednesday night.
Classes are canceled Thursday in Chicago Public Schools as the Chicago Teachers Union went on strike.
Barring an unexpected breakthrough, the Chicago Teachers Union bargaining team has recommended a strike starting Thursday.
Dozens of schools are participating in the new program for students in "transitional living situations."
Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Teachers Union representatives have met several times to work on a new contract.
Negotiations with Chicago Public Schools leadership will resume Monday morning, ahead of the union’s plan for a rally and march.
The CPS and the Chicago Teachers Union have been working to reach an agreement.
Nearly every month, parents, teachers and sometimes aldermen address the Board of Education to sound the alarm about overcrowded classes.
One of the sticking points in negotiations so far: The CTU wants more nurses, counselors and librarians.
Principal Juan Carlos Ocon said he would not discuss specifics of the case, but said the CPS Office Of Inspector General is investigating.
Lightfoot said that the union’s contract with CPS is “not the appropriate place for the city to legislate its affordable housing policy."
Now, Chicago pastors are pushing CPS and CTU to get back to the bargaining table and get a deal done.
Despite the penalties, parents are still reporting several busing issues so far this year.
With a possible teachers' strike only 10 days away, the mayor says, "We Can’t Bargain Against Ourselves."
If negotiations between Chicago and its teachers union fail, teachers will walk out and potentially shut down 500 schools.
That question is at the core of the latest back-and-forth between City Hall and the Chicago Teachers Union.
Chicago has started planning for how its worst-case scenario — a joint walkout of its 25,000 teachers and 8,000 support staff.
During a visit at Kennedy High School, 6325 W. 56th St., on Sept. 23, a health inspector found mice droppings scattered on the floor.
The announcement comes a day after the Chicago Teachers Union set an Oct. 17 strike deadline.
The event is meant to inspire health and safer routes for students to walk and bike to school.
Tuesday CTU delegates will meet at CTU headquarters Wednesday not to negotiate but to vote on whether to move forward with a strike.
Después de una votación autorizando una huelga de maestros, algunos padres quizás están preguntando: “¿Y ahora qué?”
About 7,500 Chicago Public Schools staff members could strike by Oct. 17.
Yvonne Pinkston said her son was in 4th grade at Fiske Elementary last year and was bullied by students and staff.
Young people told Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot that they want to see more support for their schools and their teachers.
The slight decline in the “freshmen on-track” metric was one of several worrying data points at the city’s Board of Education meeting.
The allegations against Cedric Nolen when he was a principal in the Chicago Public Schools system were "credible," a report said.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot took office vowing to chart a different course from that of her predecessor, Rahm Emanuel.
She was stunned when she figured out her emails were being filtered by the district.
The Passages Elementary School vote sets the nation’s third-largest school district up for a record level of labor unrest this school year.
Six years ago, Chicago opened several new alternative schools aimed at serving students who had dropped out of high school.
Counselors will be available to talk with students following yesterday’s stabbing at the school in northwest suburban Franklin Park.
The Chicago school district wants to give principals more control over how teachers spend their planning time.
Stephanie Pearson-Davis said, for months now, her now 10-year-old daughter has been forced to share a classroom with her bullies.