Sarah Karp
Sarah Karp is a reporter at WBEZ. A former reporter for Catalyst-Chicago, the Chicago Reporterand the Daily Southtown, Karp has covered education, and children and family issues for more than 15 years. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She has won five Education Writers Association awards, three Society of Professional Journalism awards and the 2005 Sidney Hillman Award. She is a native of Chicago.
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With some students in Chicago returning to schools for in-person learning and many more scheduled to start soon, some teachers and parents are balking at the move, fearing it's still not safe.
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Chicago teachers are going back to school Friday with a new contract and an agreement with the mayor to make up five of the 11 days lost to the walkout.
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The Chicago Teachers Union has reached a tentative agreement with the school district. The strike kept nearly 300,000 students out of class for 11 days.
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Teachers in Chicago continued their strike for the fourth school day on Tuesday. The work stoppage is starting to take a toll.
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Vice President Pence is meeting with Turkey's President Erdogan in Ankara, trying to convince him to stop the assault on the Kurds in Syria. Also, a look at the history of Gordon Sondland.
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Chicago teachers will hit the picket line Thursday morning. The teachers' union voted to go on strike after delegates rejected the school district's contract proposals.
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A police shooting sparked unrest this weekend in Chicago. There were conflicting accounts of whether the officer acted appropriately, and community leaders are calling for an investigation.
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Illinois is taking the unusual step of imposing a state monitor on Chicago's special education program, after a WBEZ investigation found the state systematically delayed and denied services to needy students.