Hand-picked CPS board no longer works for parents who want their own vote
![If local parents and community groups have their say, the Chicago Board of Education would be an elected body. (Meredith Francis/MEDILL)](https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/10/CPSBoardOct26-1024x631.jpg)
By Meredith Francis and Emily Olsen While many are already casting their ballots for the presidential election, some Chicago parent and community groups are demanding the opportunity to cast a vote for their local school board. “Parents, people across the city have had enough. We want an elected school board and we want it now,” […]
Chicago charter school teachers could make history with first-ever strike
![Photo at top: United Educators at Uno, picketing outside the charter management offices in the Loop, say they may walk out of the classroom as early as Wednesday. (Meredith Francis/MEDILL)](https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/10/UCSNpresser-1024x634.jpg)
By Meredith Francis For the first time in U.S. history, charter school teachers could strike. Though the Chicago Teachers Union narrowly avoided a strike last week, over 500 teachers from the Uno Charter School Network still threaten to walk out of the classroom as early as Wednesday if a contract deal is not reached by […]