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.

While votes are still being counted in a handful of close races, unofficial results indicate that 11 candidates who were backed by groups supportive of charter schools and school choice are on track to be seated in January.

The revelations about Carlos Rivas, who is running for reelection in District 3b, come just days before Election Day.

Some of the mailers, texts, and digital ads showing up in front of Chicago voters deserve more context or corrections.

Meanwhile, the district’s teachers union accused the district of stifling its advocacy efforts for more state funding.

The 2026 on-time graduation rate is almost 1 percentage point higher than the previous year.

The district says its proposed changes are meant to create a more equitable fee structure for all schools.

Chalkbeat Chicago wants to see the campaign material that Chicagoans have received during the 2026 school board election season.

With just a month left before Election Day, most of Chicago’s major education special interests are pumping money into ads and texts to promote their preferred candidates or cut down opponents.