April 15, 2022
An Illinois federal judge granted preliminary approval to the Chicago Board of Education's $9.2 million deal to end class claims from hundreds of African American teachers and paraprofessionals who say they were subject to racially discriminatory employment practices and policies that caused some to lose their jobs.
September 17, 2015
Chicago's Board of Education discriminates against black teachers and para-professional staff by targeting schools in the city with large percentages of minority employees for closure, according to a proposed putative class action filed by the educators' union on Wednesday.