The school district is grappling with tighter budgets and is locked in a labor dispute that advocates worry could lead to worse services and care for children with the highest needs.

President Stacy Davis Gates and her caucus, which propelled Mayor Johnson into office, are being challenged by a group that says the current CTU leaders are closed to differing views.

The Chicago Teachers Union is concerned about President Donald Trump's potential education secretary Linda McMahon, the former WWE executive.

Mayor Brandon Johnson asked to borrow $830 million one day after the city’s credit rating dipping to near-junk status. He would have broad discretion over how to spend the money – including on his friends at the Chicago Teachers Union.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There has been a mixed reaction in Chicago to the potential secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. Linda McMahon, who President Donald Trump tapped to be his education secretary, is against the ropes on Capitol Hill.

“We will not be Florida where churches are teaching Black history on the weekends,” Gates tells Word In Black. “Black history is going to stay and remain as a course of study in our public schools, and we’re going to teach it during the school day, too.”

The board is also facing the possibility that the Chicago Teachers Union could strike next month amid ongoing contract negotiations with Chicago Public Schools.

CTU vice president Jackson Potter said the union is “very concerned” about Linda McMahon’s potential confirmation as she’s expected to carry out orders to essentially dismantle the Department of Education.

Cydney Wallace is a mother of four and sits on the board of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs. Wallace will represent the Chinatown, Bridgeport, Back of the Yards, and Gage Park neighborhoods on the 21-member partly-elected school board.

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.

The leadership of the Chicago ... Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez. The announcement of an opposition slate comes as the CTU remains mired in those contentious contract talks. The union has ...