Reema Amin

Reema Amin

Reporter, Chalkbeat Chicago

Reema Amin covers Chicago public schools. She previously covered New York City public schools for Chalkbeat New York from 2018 to 2023. Before Chalkbeat, she covered city and state government for the Daily Press in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region and was a breaking news reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times. Reema received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master’s degree in public affairs journalism from Columbia College Chicago.

The union filed a grievance with the school district over potential paycheck errors for members. It is also asking the newly-seated school board to use its power to help settle protracted contract talks.

Tense negotiations over a new CTU contract have spurred a debate about whether he should formally resign from his teaching job to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.

The night before Christmas break, Chicago’s school board voted to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez. Now what?

The ruling on Christmas Eve will also prevent board members from “obstructing” CPS CEO Pedro Martinez’s powers in his final six months.

Chicago Board of Education members took the extraordinary step of attending negotiations

How will the new hybrid CPS school board govern? Will there be a new district CEO? Are migrant students getting the help they’re entitled to at school?

The vote to terminate Martinez came late Friday night as the district’s two-week winter break began.

Martinez’s legal team alleges CEO was scapegoated and school board members were appointed to “do the bidding” of mayor, union

The school board will hold a special meeting Friday night to consider terminating Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez