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The district said it’s in a better position to offer rides to students with disabilities and launch a new hub program.
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.
Since April 1, nearly $4 million has flowed into candidates’ campaign funds and more than $2.8 million has been spent by two pro-school choice independent expenditure committees.
Chicagoans will elect school board members for the first time on Nov. 5. Here’s a guide to who is running in each district.
Chalkbeat, WBEZ, and the Chicago Sun-Times partnered to get to know the candidates running for school board and ask them a series of policy questions. Use this guide to search who is running and find out where they stand on the issues.
CPS official Robert Christlieb publicly credits a school building engineer with inventing the device tried out in several CPS schools but does not mention he’s a co-inventor.
The district said it’s in a better position to offer rides to students with disabilities and launch a new hub program.
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.
Since April 1, nearly $4 million has flowed into candidates’ campaign funds and more than $2.8 million has been spent by two pro-school choice independent expenditure committees.
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.
Illinois 3-8th grade students saw gains in reading and math scores in 2024, but SAT scores declined according to the state’s 2024 report card.
As voters cast their ballots for members of Chicago’s first elected school board, Chalkbeat hosted live Q&A forums with the candidates so you can stay informed and get to know each candidate.
Chicago Public Schools raised pay and added staff with the help of federal COVID aid. The loss of that money is fueling leadership turmoil.
The Back to Our Future program set out to reengage Chicago teens who had not attended school for more than a year but ran into hurdles.
Differences in scores between student groups in Illinois tend to grow larger between kindergarten and third grade, the report found.
The seven new members appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson did not take action Thursday to remove CEO Pedro Martinez.
The change would help families of pre-K students who live outside a school’s boundary or attend one of 15 magnet schools.
Rafael Yáñez is the seventh new Chicago school board member.
Deputy Mayor Jen Johnson is taking a personal leave to focus on health and family. It comes amid tensions between City Hall and Chicago Public Schools.
While Chicago students are graduating high school and enrolling into colleges at higher rates, more needs to be done to ensure they complete college.
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Chicago Public Schools data from 2023-24 found that third through eighth grade students are making progress on state tests. SAT scores and high school graduation rates remain steady.
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.
Even as enrollment remains relatively stable, it is still far lower than a decade ago and could mean tough decisions ahead for Chicago Public Schools leadership.
The Illinois State Board of Education kicked off budget season with a public hearing Thursday to get input on what it should propose to Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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.
After the entire school board decided to step down amid a budget dispute, criticism from city aldermen and others is raining down on Brandon Johnson.
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 pro-school choice advocacy group contributed enough in several board districts to lift campaign contribution limits for all candidates.
In response to a complaint about bus service at Chicago schools, CPS officials cited several factors behind continued transportation problems.
The district is seeing increases in most student groups, including big bumps in the number of children learning English as a new language.
Neither the board nor Pedro Martinez directly addressed Mayor Brandon Johnson’s request for the schools chief to quit.
The Chicago neighborhoods that either Raquel Don, Yesenia Lopez, or Eva A. Villalobos will represent include Pilsen, Little Village, Bridgeport, and Brighton Park.
The Chicago neighborhoods that Therese Boyle, Miquel Lewis, Lanetta Thomas, and La’Mont Raymond Williams will represent include Washington Heights, Beverly, and Auburn-Gresham.
Chicagoans will elect school board members for the first time on Nov. 5. Here’s a guide to who is running in each district.
The Chicago neighborhoods that Kate Doyle, Ebony DeBerry, Maggie Cullerton Hooper, or Bruce Leon will represent include parts of West Ridge, Edgewater, Rogers Park, Andersonville, Lincoln Square, Albany Park, North Park, and Uptown.
Kimberly Brown, Andrew A. Davis, Thomas Day, Carmen Gioiosa, Ellen Rosenfeld, and Karen Zaccor come from different backgrounds, ranging from teaching and community organizing to marketing and the military.
The Chicago neighborhoods that either Jennifer Custer or Michelle N. Pierre will represent include Jefferson Park, Edison Park, Portage Park, and Norwood Park.
The Chicago neighborhoods that either Angel Gutierrez or Felix Ponce will represent stretch from the South Loop to McKinley Park, and Back of the Yards.
The Chicago neighborhoods where Robert Jones, Karin Norington-Reaves, Adam Parrott-Sheffer, and Che 'Rhymefest' Smith are vying for a school board seat stretch from Hyde Park to the Illinois-Indiana border.
District 6 has three candidates on the ballot and one write-in candidate running for a seat in Chicago’s first school board race. Here’s what you should know.