Daywatch: CPS and teachers union reach tentative deal, moms bear brunt of pandemic job loss and the best and worst Super Bowl commercials

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot: Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union reach a tentative reopening deal ‘at long last’

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Teachers Union reached a tentative deal Sunday to reopen city schools for families seeking in-person instruction, narrowly avoiding a strike but contingent on broader union approval.

Union officials indicated a vote by CTU’s 25,000 members could begin late Monday or Tuesday, but only after the House of Delegates decides whether to send the vote to the full membership.

2 groups of teachers, 2 different COVID-19 vaccine schedules: College instructors question why they should wait longer for shots than Illinois K-12 educators

Late planning, decentralized oversight, a ‘Hunger Games’ sign-up: How Illinois has struggled more than most states rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine

Illinois has struggled more than most states with the rollout of the the coronavirus vaccine. The Tribune spoke to more than a dozen health officials, researchers, doctors and families, and analyzed federal, state and local datasets to try to assess a system that’s considered key to ending the pandemic but, so far, has attracted widespread frustration.

Dahleen Glanton column: Separate and unequal: Lagging COVID-19 vaccine rates among Blacks and Latinos are a symptom of America’s chronic health problem

Moms, particularly Black moms, are bearing the brunt of job losses during the pandemic, setting back efforts to climb the economic ladder

Women have endured the brunt of the job losses during the pandemic as industries where they make up the bulk of the workforce, such as hospitality, struggle to recover, and continued school and day care closures make it difficult to juggle family with work. It has set back efforts by women, and particularly women of color, to work their way into higher-paying jobs.

How Cammi Granato and Kendall Coyne Schofield — once an Olympic gold medalist and her 7-year-old protege — are now taking bold steps in the NHL together

When Cammi Granato hosted her first hockey camp for girls at Seven Bridges Ice Arena in Woodridge in summer 1998, little did the future Hockey Hall of Famer know who those girls would become.

Kendall Coyne Schofield, 7 years old at the time, would follow in Granato’s footsteps as an Olympic gold medalist and “the fastest woman in hockey.” Hilary Knight would join Coyne Schofield on the 2018 Olympic team and currently spearheads efforts to develop a new, better paying women’s hockey league with the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association.

5 best, 5 worst Super Bowl commercials of 2021

It’s always hard to stand out in the Super Bowl advertising derby. Companies want to impress viewers and make a splash, but they also don’t want to flat out blow several million dollars. That’s why the great majority of the commercials end up being, you know, fine. But each year, for better and worse, a couple of handfuls leave more than a fleeting impression. These are the five best and five worst Super Bowl ads from the game’s 2021 edition.

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