By Vince Bielski, RealClearInvestigationsFebruary 5, 2025 After nasty clashes involving character assassinations and a mass resignation, a showdown is drawing closer in Chicago between the most powerful local teachers’ union in the country and the most financially distressed school district.

After nearly nine months of bargaining, the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have yet to settle a new, four-year contract. They presented briefs to a third-party law arbitrator

In Chicago Public Schools, which has received thousands of migrant students in recent years, schools are training staff and families on their rights and grappling with how to convince their communities that schools are safe.

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) held walk-ins at schools across the city on Tuesday morning to highlight the need for protection from the White House

Holding signs out in the cold outside Peirce Elementary on the North Side, parents and Chicago Teachers Union members rallied against budget cuts and deportation efforts. Walk-ins were conducted at several CPS schools.