CPS budgeted for 6,900 SECA positions last year, up from 3,400 just five years ago. There are 2,700 more disabled students, but with the extra positions the SECA-to-student ratios dropped from 1: ...

Some CPS jobs are being eliminated in an effort to close a $730 million budget shortfall. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Public Schools faces a huge deficit that must be closed this summer.

CPS wants more students from all backgrounds to get the chance to skip a grade Historically, few students could jump ahead, and most who did were from schools with few low-income students. Chicago ...