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The protest in Chicago builds on existing demands for the city’s school district to implement a three-year moratorium on the use of generative artificial intelligence in the classroom.
The district’s Black Student Achievement Committee is mandated by state law. Its members will meet for the first time Thursday evening.
Returns suggest a divided Chicago school board, coalition-backed president will prevail
Biggs beat Chicago Teacher Union organizer Hilario Dominguez, and attorney Victor Henderson with nearly 50% of the vote in the three-way contest.
Chalkbeat asked the people running for Chicago’s first fully elected school board their favorite pizza place.
The revelations about Carlos Rivas, who is running for reelection in District 3b, come just days before Election Day.
Parents may notice significant changes in the state report card this year, specifically how schools’ performance are categorized after the Illinois State Board of Education revamped its accountability system.
About a dozen candidates for the city’s first fully elected school board would consider closing or merging schools as enrollment declines. Most oppose any closures.
Este recurso gratuito, listo para imprimir, está disponible en inglés y español. Chalkbeat Chicago también invita a los estudiantes de las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago (CPS) a enviar sus aportaciones sobre qué temas les gustaría que abordara la nueva junta escolar.
The Chicago Board of Education president represents the board publicly, runs board meetings, and helps set the agenda. The person elected will lead the board for the next four years.
The 2026 on-time graduation rate is almost 1 percentage point higher than the previous year.
Special interest groups have spent $6.7 million on Chicago school board races this year, with groups opposing the Chicago Teachers Union outspending the union.
Candidates running for Chicago school board have different views on how to account for TIF surpluses in the district’s annual budget.
The Chicago neighborhoods that Debby Pope or Kyna Lenhof could represent include Lincoln Square, Edgewater, Albany Park, Uptown, and North Park.
Two advisory questions on Chicago ballots ask voters whether Illinois should tax millionaires to support public education. Advocates and policy experts say raising more money is only part of the solution. Where that money goes could determine whether it closes existing school funding gaps.
Two candidates seeking to represent Chicago's West Side faced questions about school funding, closures and student success at an October 1 forum. Here's what they said, what the Board can actually change and how to vote.
Jessica Biggs, Hilario Dominguez, and Victor Henderson offered differing views on school closures and CPS’ finances, while campaign controversies sparked accusations between the candidates.
The district’s Office of the Inspector General had reopened an investigation into roughly decade-old allegations of inappropriate conduct by Hilario Dominguez, one of three candidates for school board president.
The district says its proposed changes are meant to create a more equitable fee structure for all schools.
This free printable resource is available in English and Spanish. Chalkbeat Chicago is also looking for submissions from CPS students on what issue they want the new school board to tackle.