Eligible educators can deduct out-of-pocket expenses for COVID-19 protective items used in classroom, IRS saysSAN ANTONIO – If you’re an educator filing a tax return this year, you may be eligible to deduct unreimbursed expenses for COVID-19 protective items used in the classroom...
Daywatch: Lightfoot pushing for restaurants to reopen, Biden unveils COVID stimulus plan and inside Illinois’ most expensive homeAs Chicago Public Schools works through its first week of in-person learning since March, 100 educators are still considered absent without leave, meaning they have been ...chicagotribune.com
New initiative will recruit Black and brown Chicago students to become CPS educators: ‘There is power in the teachers of color. We understand our children’s stories.’“To truly make this initiative a success, CPS must value both incoming and veteran educators of color in its buildings, and make schools hospitable places to learn and gr...chicagotribune.com
Cicero teachers criticize plan to bring them back into schools to deliver remote lessons in empty classroomschicagotribune.com