Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Wednesday, October 25, 2017.

  • Report: More than 160 former, banned CPS staffers working for charter, contract schools

        More than 160 former Chicago Public Schools employees “caught abusing     students or stealing from the school district later landed jobs in the     city’s privately managed charter and contract schools, the schools     inspector general has found,” according to the Sun-Times. Three of the 163     barred employees were accused of sexual abuse by students and consequently     given “Do Not Hire” status by the district. [Sun-Times]