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CPS CEO Pedro Martinez speaks at Daley Center, Dec. 24, 2024, after a Cook County judge granted a temporary restraining order against CPS board members. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

The firing of CPS CEO Pedro Martinez: How did we get here and what’s coming?

January 6, 2025 at 10:44 a.m.

The firing of Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez and contract negotiations with Chicago Teachers Union has been top of mind for months now. Here's what to know...

Academic interventionist Shamika Keepers works with sixth graders Milton Luter, from left, Koah Toben and Lucas Zhang on Nov. 8, 2023, at Bronzeville Classical Elementary School.

With pandemic aid expiring and most funds already spent, schools across Illinois face a financial cliff

December 27, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Bronzeville Classical Elementary School educator Shamika Keepers had never imagined spending her days teaching outside a traditional classroom. But the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown learning off course for a whole...

Chicago Board of Education Vice President Elizabeth Todd-Breland speaks during a meeting at Chicago Public Schools headquarters in Chicago, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

El Consejo de Educación de Chicago vota cambiar las prioridades de la elección de escuela por las escuelas de barrio

April 15, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

Señalando un cambio de paradigma en un sistema escolar en gran parte moldeado por la elección, la Junta de Educación de Chicago aprobó el jueves una resolución para dar prioridad...

Principal Joshua Long, right, talks with students and parents as they arrive for the first day of classes at Southside Occupational High School in Chicago on Jan. 11, 2021.

CPS picks South Side high school principal to lead Office of Diverse Learner Supports and Services

December 17, 2023 at 4:43 p.m.

Amid Chicago Public Schools' ongoing efforts to revamp its approach to serving students with disabilities, the district announced the appointment of a new chief to helm its Office of Diverse...

Chicago Board of Education Vice President Elizabeth Todd-Breland speaks during a meeting at CPS headquarters on Dec. 14, 2023.

Chicago Board of Ed votes to shift priorities from school choice to neighborhood schools

December 14, 2023 at 8:41 p.m.

Signaling a paradigm shift in a school system largely shaped by choice, the Chicago Board of Education passed a resolution Thursday to prioritize neighborhood schools in Chicago Public Schools' forthcoming...

A pedestrian crosses North Milwaukee Avenue at Federico García Lorca Elementary School, 3231 N. Springfield Ave., Dec. 13, 2023, in Chicago.

Parents of 3 Chicago Public Schools students file suit alleging gym teacher groomed, sexually assaulted them

December 13, 2023 at 3:31 p.m.

The parents of three Chicago Public Schools students have accused former Federico Garcia Lorca Elementary School gym teacher Andrew Castro, 37, of sexually assaulting three boys from the same family...

Chicago Academy High School students protest in support of Palestinian children during a planned walkout on Nov. 16, 2023.

Palestinian students lead walkout at CPS’ Chicago Academy High School in support of children killed in Gaza

November 17, 2023 at 2:53 p.m.

Many of the desks at Chicago Academy High School sat empty during the last period of classes Thursday, as about 250 students — half of the student body — walked...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, left, and Mayor Brandon Johnson attend a rally for Safe Passage workers at Wintrust Arena on Aug. 15, 2023. The officials attended an event on Oct. 31, 2023, at Dyett High School for the Arts in the Washington Park neighborhood to announce CPS' historic graduation rate.

Chicago Public Schools touts ‘historic’ graduation rate, but funds used for pandemic recovery are dwindling

November 1, 2023 at 2:14 p.m.

At a school once slated for closure, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Mayor Brandon Johnson joined Chicago Public Schools officials Tuesday to celebrate the highest graduation rate announced...

Tony Sanders, state superintendent of education, at Rich Township High School STEM Campus on May 19, 2023, in Olympia Fields.

Illinois state report card: Students rebounding from pandemic, graduation rates rising. See how your school did.

October 30, 2023 at 5:57 p.m.

The 2023 Illinois Report Card released Monday by the Illinois State Board of Education showed a continuation of growth post-pandemic with increased proficiency rates, though still below pre-pandemic levels. The...

Students play in the gym after school at Shields Elementary School in the Brighton Park neighborhood.

After-school programs across Illinois poised to close without supplemental state funding

October 27, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Every school day, when the bell rings at Shields Elementary School, more than 100 kindergarten to fourth grade students head to the after-school program inside the Brighton Park school, where...

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