University of Chicago charter school to pay $125,000 after video showed teachers mock special education student, call him ‘dumb’

A University of Chicago charter school will pay $125,000 to a special education student who was mocked by his teachers and called “dumb” during a disturbing incident captured on video, according to court records.

A federal judge recently approved the payout, which will resolve a civil rights lawsuit that the student’s mother filed on her son’s behalf late last year. The school — which quickly removed the teachers from the classroom — did not admit any wrongdoing in reaching the settlement.