Leadership & Management

Acero said it would close 7 schools before the 2025-26 school year due to a $40 million budget shortfall.

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.

The charter operator said it needs to close seven schools on the Southwest Side because of a budget deficit. Chicago Board of Education members said they will work to find alternatives to campus closures.

Mayor Brandon Johnson said the proposed charter school closures require more aggressive solutions from the district, but he hasn’t “seen that type of leadership” from CPS.

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 mayor wants to send CPS roughly $300 million, but that’s less than what the district CEO has requested.

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez said he has been asking for the city to contribute more Tax Increment Financing funds to CPS in order to stabilize its budget.

The resignations will come after weeks of pressure from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration to oust CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and take out a high-interest loan to cover costs — which the mayor’s appointed board has so far declined to do.

The move comes after the teachers union claimed that CPS CEO Pedro Martinez is planning for school closures — and after the mayor asked Martinez to resign.

Chicago schools chief denies teachers union claim that he is looking to consolidate schools

There will be 32 candidates on the ballot in Chicago’s school board elections on Nov. 5. Here’s an updated list.

Will Fletcher led Chicago Public Schools’ watchdog agency since 2020 and oversaw probes into pandemic-era aid, JROTC, and sexual misconduct.

Sources close to Chicago Public Schools say Martinez wants to continue as CEO.

Forty-nine Illinois school districts are still below 70% adequately funded, according to the state.

A former Chicago school board member answers four questions about how the Board of Education works — and how the new board can be effective.

The district is adjusting bell times and creating transportation hubs in order to provide busing to more students.

The district posted its opening proposals online and the union shared its contract ideas with members. Both sides want at least a four-year agreement.

Chicago Public Schools’ newly proposed safety plan for schools would get rid of campus police and require more training and implementation of restorative justice practices.