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Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, speaks about the status of contract negotiations Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 at CTU headquarters.

Chicago Teachers Union didn’t help investigation of student sexual violence, consultant says

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

The Chicago Teachers Union failed to participate in a major study aimed at protecting students from sexual violence, according to the study and its authors. Consultant Maggie Hickey, a former...

A former Clemente Community Academy student brought a Title IX complaint against Chicago Public Schools following an alleged incident in 2016 after school. A tattoo on her forearm says "Survive."

Federal officials withhold grant money from Chicago Public Schools, citing failure to protect students from sexual abuse

May 23, 2019 at 6:19 a.m.

Federal officials are withholding millions of dollars in grant money from Chicago Public Schools because of its failure to protect students from sexual violence, a rare step that signals intensifying...

Johnson Elementary School, where pedophile Marvin Lovett worked before he was shot dead by one of his teen victims. Lovett was accused of sexually abusing at least 19 boys in the North Lawndale community.

Long-buried report concluded Chicago school principal ignored warnings in horrific sexual abuse case

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

Marvin Lovett was a trusted mentor to students at Johnson Elementary School. He also was a pedophile. Lovett used a camera hidden in his apartment closet to make secret pornographic...

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...

Tamara Reed, left, becomes emotional as Morgan Aranda testifies June 20, 2018, about their experiences being assaulted by teachers in Chicago Public Schools during a hearing before the General Assembly's education committees.

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

May 23, 2019 at 5:57 a.m.

After hearing powerful testimony from two young women who said they were sexually abused by teachers they trusted, angry Illinois lawmakers thanked them for their courage, then turned on Chicago...

Chicago Board of Education President Frank Clark, from left, Vice President Jaime Guzman and Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson leave a news conference addressing strengthening of sexual abuse investigations on June 12, 2018.

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

May 23, 2019 at 5:55 a.m.

Investigations into allegations that Chicago school employees sexually abused students should be conducted by the district’s independent watchdog, the school board president said Tuesday as officials try to manage the...

Morgan Park High School on Feb. 6, 2012.

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

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

The story of Chicago teacher Dino Amendola begins with him getting hired despite a troubling criminal history. It ends when he lost his job and his license for allegedly having...

Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin in 2016.

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

December 13, 2018 at 12:02 p.m.

U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth are calling on U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to examine the sex abuse scandal at Chicago Public Schools, calling it a “horrifying situation.”...

Payton College Prep High School on March 8, 2018. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

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

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

Robert Jeffrey Weaver's resignation from Chicago Public Schools was abrupt, occurring just weeks before the 2012 school year was to start, and it shocked many of the students and parents...

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