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Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, right, speaks with temporary Chair Michilla Blaise following the monthly meeting at the Colman CPS Administrative Building in Chicago on Nov. 1, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

At accusatory school board meeting following president’s resignation, no decision on fate of CPS CEO

November 1, 2024 at 6:14 p.m.

A newly appointed Chicago school board did not hold a closed meeting to address personnel matters Friday, but addressed recent turmoil around the president's resignation.

Gov. JB Pritzker announces a new “Help Stop Hate” initiative during a news conference on Oct. 30, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Pritzker questions vetting, aldermen ask for resignation of newly appointed school board president

October 31, 2024 at 9:45 a.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker and more than two dozen aldermen criticized Mayor Brandon Johnson for not fully vetting his choice for school board president — citing the hand-picked candidate’s history of...

Community members hold up large mock-ups of checks from wealthy donors for some of the school board candidates as speakers introduce proposals for campaign finance reform during a news conference on Oct. 28, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

State legislators announce plans to introduce campaign finance reform legislation

October 29, 2024 at 8:21 a.m.

Illinois state legislators plan campaign finance reform legislation due to school board fundraising.

Chicago Board of Education members take the oath during the Chicago Board of Education’s monthly agenda review meeting at the CPS Coleman Regional Offices and Training Offices on Oct. 24, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

New school board meets for the first time, with new members signaling alignment with the mayor

October 25, 2024 at 7:56 a.m.

The seven new Chicago Board of Education members were sworn in Thursday morning, giving emotional testimonies.

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates, center, talks to reporters after a bargaining session on sustainable community schools with members of the union and Chicago Public Schools at Cameron Elementary School on Sept. 24, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicago Teachers Union report aims for alignment between district, mayor and union

October 23, 2024 at 9:11 p.m.

The CTU released a new report Wednesday, combining the highly anticipated Chicago Public Schools “Together We Rise” five-year strategic plan and the union’s contract proposals.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez and CPS Chief Educational Officer Bogdana Chkoumbova talk to students while touring a classroom at Prosser Career Academy on Oct. 17, 2024. CPS has record-breaking graduation rates for the third consecutive year. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CPS announces record-breaking graduation rate

October 17, 2024 at 6:14 p.m.

Over 84% of students graduate CPS in four years and nearly 87% graduate in five, and the district has had its second-lowest drop-out rates in years.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez faces the City Council at City Hall on Oct. 16, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Pedro Martinez defends CPS work to aldermen in contentious hearing

October 16, 2024 at 5:31 p.m.

Mayor Johnson refused to tell his nominees to attend, clearing the way for school CEO Martinez to make his case for solving CPS’s daunting financial challenges.

People pass Chicago Public Schools headquarters on May 28, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

School Board’s ‘agenda review’ committee meeting postponed with no new date set

October 16, 2024 at 4:49 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education has postponed its monthly Agenda Review Committee, in which the public weighs in on what the board discusses and votes on during its regular monthly...

People gather to speak out against Mayor Brandon Johnson after news that the entire Chicago Board of Education is resigning outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters on Oct. 4, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Turmoil at Chicago Public Schools: What you need to know

October 18, 2024 at 7:36 a.m.

The root of the CPS back-and-forth is a lack of money. CPS faced about a $500 million deficit for this school year as federal pandemic relief funding ran out, and...

Chicago Board of Education nominees, from left, Frank Niles Thomas, Mary Russell Gardner, Debby Pope, Michilla Blaise, the Rev. Mitchell L. Johnson and Olga Bautista, Oct. 7, 2024, at Sweet Holy Spirit Church in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Who are the new Board of Education members and what will their appointments mean for CPS parents and children?

October 25, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s announcement of six proposed appointees to the Chicago Board of Education at a heated news conference Monday leaves the next several months shrouded in uncertainty for the...

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