David Jackson

David Jackson is an investigative reporter at Injustice Watch, where his work focuses on the courts. He earned a Pulitzer Prize at The Washington Post, and was a four-time Pulitzer finalist during his 29 years at the Chicago Tribune, from 1991 through 2020.

A judge asked CPS for its investigation of an assault allegation. There was none.

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

As the school year was winding down in 2008, a boy with developmental disabilities reported to school officials that another student at Orr high school had beat and then sexually...

Special report: Chicago Public Schools fails to protect students from sexual attacks by classmates

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

The Chicago Tribune's reporting on predatory adults in its "Betrayed" series already has resulted in an overhaul of the Chicago Public Schools' child-safety programs as well as bipartisan state legislative...

From 2018: Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett, Catholic Chicago judge and Notre Dame professor who stirs abortion debate

September 19, 2020 at 2:40 p.m.

On President Donald Trump's short list of potential Supreme Court nominees, the candidate sparking the fiercest debate is a self-possessed Chicago U.S. Court of Appeals judge who's been on the...

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A judge asked CPS for its investigation of an assault allegation. There was none.

Special report: Chicago Public Schools fails to protect students from sexual attacks by classmates

From 2018: Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett, Catholic Chicago judge and Notre Dame professor who stirs abortion debate

New office to oversee sexual abuse cases in Chicago Public Schools

Illinois state lawmakers lash out at CPS over sexual abuse of students

CPS to move sex abuse investigations from law department to inspector general

In Illinois, a teacher can legally have sex with a pupil older than 17 if no force is involved

CPS sex abuse scandal prompts Durbin and Duckworth to call for reforms

A CPS investigation concluded a music teacher had abused students. He was allowed to retire quietly.

Investigación de abuso sexual en escuelas genera propuestas de ley