Chicago Public Schools, Black Student Success Plan

Chicago Schools’ Bid to Boost Black Student Achievement Draws Legal Challenge
A conservative advocacy group filed a legal challenge against Chicago Public Schools on Friday over an initiative to give extra support to Black students, calling the program discriminatory under federal civil-rights laws and in violation of recent guidance from the Trump administration.
Anti-DEI Group Files Complaint Against Chicago Public Schools’ Black Student Success Plan
A conservative education group has filed an anti-discrimination complaint against Chicago Public Schools and its Black Student Success Plan.
Chicago Public Schools’ Black student success plan hit with federal legal challenge
In a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, a national group claims the plan is discriminatory, citing efforts by the Trump administration to rid schools of race-based programs.
Chicago School District’s Black Student Success Plan Faces A Legal Challenge
A group opposed to race-based initiatives complained to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights that the program unveiled this week is discriminatory.
Chicago Black Student Success Plan Amid Backlash Against Race-Based Initiatives
Last year, a Virginia-based advocacy group challenged a Los Angeles Unified School District initiative aimed at boosting outcomes for its Black students, which CPS said inspired its own plan. At the urging of the Biden administration, Los Angeles made changes to downplay the role of race, causing an outcry from some of its initiative’s supporters.
Chicago’s Black Student Success Plan sparks controversy
Chicago Public Schools launched the Black Student Success Plan, a five-year initiative to address educational disparities for Black students.
Nearly 80% of Chicago residents disapprove of Mayor Brandon Johnson
A new poll found Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s approval rating is in the single digits. The poll from M3 Strategies found ...
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Chicago Schools Doubled Classroom Assistants In Recent Years — But Which Labor Union Represents Them?
The school district is grappling with tighter budgets and is locked in a labor dispute that advocates worry could lead to ...
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Schools poised to be major front line in Trump immigration crackdown
Oklahoma is moving to require proof of citizenship for the guardians of public school students, while California schools are ...
Forrest Claypool: Chicago is holding itself back from a bright future
“The word bankruptcy has been hanging over Chicago like a storm cloud about to burst,” wrote American Enterprise Institute ...
Chicago school closings today: Full list of schools closed, delayed amid extreme cold
As many as seven Chicago-area schools had announced delays, closures or e-learning Tuesday due as a cold weather advisory ...
Black History Month: Celebrating the innovators, teachers and legends from Chicago and beyond
CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.
Mayor Johnson urged to shrink $830 million in borrowing, tighten language on CPS funding
Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson warned that major changes are needed, not only to lock in the 26 votes needed for ...
Chicago forecast: Cold weather advisory with wind chills as low as -30
The advisory and school closures comes amid extreme cold warnings for 11 states across the U.S., stretching from the Canadian ...