Video shows educators at U. of Chicago charter school mocking special education student

CHICAGO — A University of Chicago charter school is being sued after a video emerged showing a teacher mocking a special education student for crying and a classroom aide was convicted of misdemeanor battery for her role in the episode.

The incident, which was recorded on another student’s cellphone, took place at the UC Charter School’s Woodlawn campus in December 2022.

The Chicago Tribune reviewed the minute-long video, which offered a troubling glimpse inside the publicly funded high school overseen by the prestigious university.