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The teachers union and pro-school choice super PACs spent big on direct mail, digital ads, and text messages in the lead up to Election Day, according to a Chalkbeat analysis of campaign finance disclosures filed Jan. 15.
A new 21-member school board will govern Chicago Public Schools starting Jan. 15. Though 11 people will still be appointed by the mayor, the change marks the beginning of the end of mayoral control.
The mayor defended staying on ‘union leave’ from CPS while overseeing the nation’s fourth-largest school district amid CTU contract negotiations.
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
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 mayor’s announcement came on the last day of a state-imposed deadline for his choices for the new 21-person board, which will include 10 elected members.
The Chicago Teachers Union says Trump’s mass deportation plans make it especially urgent for the district to agree to a new contract before 2025.
Former Chicago Public Schools administrators will join the school board today at its December meeting.
The share of voters who showed up and cast ballots in Chicago’s school board election bucked national trends.
In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s win for a second term in office, the Chicago Board of Education passed a resolution committing to protecting students of all identities, including varying immigration statuses.
While the elected members represent a diversity of opinions and interests, Mayor Brandon Johnson will hold a majority on the school board because he’ll choose most of the members.
Several students at Hancock College Prep said they didn’t know about the city’s first school board elections until their civics class. Now, they’re learning how to decide which candidates deserve their votes.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s newly-appointed school board president Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson is stepping down after past anti semitic and misogynistic comments surfaced online.
The remarks from Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson raised questions about how well city officials vetted him before the mayor appointed him as president of the Chicago Board of Education
The seven new members appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson did not take action Thursday to remove CEO Pedro Martinez.
Rafael Yáñez is the seventh new Chicago school board member.
Chicago alderpeople questioned Martinez over the school system’s budget as Mayor Brandon Johnson continues to spar with CPS over financial troubles at both city hall and the school district.