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A presentation used to brief school board members and obtained by Chalkbeat outlined potential cuts, many of which include staff and programs supported by federal COVID relief money. District officials and school board members look to lobby City Hall and Illinois lawmakers for funding.
The school board’s vote seals the contract with the teachers union. The final deal includes limits on class sizes and more preparation time for elementary school teachers.
The school board has delayed its charter renewal votes for two months, leaving many charter families and educators wondering about the future of their schools.
The committee is mandated by state law, which was amended at the same time lawmakers drew electoral districts for Chicago’s first school board elections.
More privately-run, public charter schools in Chicago have closed in recent years. In a first, Chicago Public Schools is poised to convert five back to district-run campuses.
Martinez was one of three finalists for the job as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The board’s choice must now be confirmed by the state’s secretary of education.
This is at least the second public education job Martinez has sought and become a finalist for since his firing in December.
A resolution passed by the Chicago Board of Education Thursday requires the next CPS CEO hold a superintendent’s license. The 21-member, partially-elected school board is tasked with hiring a new leader in the coming months.
A five-page memo from Baker Tilly outlines the risk of cuts and possibilities of refinancing debt as the new partially-elected Chicago school board faces its first significant vote on its budget, labor contracts, and relationship with City Hall.
Ald. Jason Ervin and Chicago’s Chief Financial Officer urged school board members to approve a $175 million pension reimbursement and consider refinancing debt in order to foot the bill.
City Hall and Chicago Public Schools are fighting over who should pay the pension costs of non-teaching staff. Here’s what you need to know.
The settlements include $2.7 million for the family of a boy who was beaten by an adult friend of his teacher in the bathroom of a West Side elementary school.
After months of turmoil for Acero parents and staff, the Chicago Board of Education voted to save most — but not all — of the charter network’s schools slated for closure.
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez was one of six finalists considered to be Clark County’s next superintendent
The mayor appointed Cydney Wallace, an activist, mother of four, and Chicago Public Schools parent to represent the Chinatown, Bridgeport, Back of the Yards, and Gage Park neighborhoods Chicago Board of Education.
Martinez was fired without cause from CPS and given six months notice amid growing conflict with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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?