Nader Issa
Education Reporter
Las arcas de dos grupos respaldados por empresas representan, por mucho, la mayor infusión de dinero prevista para apoyar y oponerse a los candidatos en las primeras elecciones a la junta escolar de Chicago.
The coffers of two business-backed groups represent, by far, the biggest expected infusion of money supporting and opposing candidates in Chicago’s first-ever school board elections.
Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) called it borderline “malfeasance” for Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to push through a $9.9 billion school budget that does not include the pension payment the city had absorbed until then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot shifted the cost to CPS.
De las 47 personas que inicialmente presentaron documentación para postularse, quedan 32 en la boleta para la elección del 5 de noviembre.
Classes for about 328,000 students begin amid a heatwave as reading scores have rebounded to above pre-pandemic levels just as federal relief money for extra supports is running out.
Desde una posible huelga de maestros hasta una nueva junta escolar electa, el año escolar 2024-2025 promete cambios en las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago.
One teacher says students are “highly interested in learning about important people. … And that’s sort of the intent, how do you make the White House come to life for young children?”
From a possible teachers strike to a new elected school board, the 2024-2025 school year promises changes in the Chicago Public Schools.
The fraught moment seemed to put at risk a week that could still end with mostly peaceful protests and just 72 arrests. Either way, it will long be remembered in a city with a deep history of political conventions and activism.