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With CPS facing mounting challenges and new federal threats to public education, we can’t afford more of the same.
Chicago Public School CEO Pedro Martinez leaves next month. His second in command, Bogdana Chkoumbova, will leave at the same time. ABC7 spoke with CPS' Chief Education Officer on Friday.
Mr. Trump instructed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds public broadcasters in the United States, to end ...
Chicago Public Schools teachers hired before 2017 only pay 2% of the required employee contribution for their pensions. The ...
A proposed CPS resolution would require charter school operators to give the district 18 months notice of closing a school and assume financial responsibility related to the closure.
Martinez also served as a superintendent in Nevada and San Antonio, as well as a chief financial officer for Chicago Public ...
A former teacher and CTU organizer, the union helped elect him in 2023. He spent months trying to oust Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, an appointee of former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, in a ...
Chicago Public Schools is pursuing a new plan to address the inequities its Black students face. The Black Student Success Plan aims to bring in more Black teachers, reduce suspensions against Black ...
starting next school year. (The Columbian files) Vancouver school board members voted to rename two elementary schools at their Tuesday meeting, citing the violent histories of their namesakes.
Of those 36,873 students, 10,287 students are from public schools, 15,436 students are from private schools and 9,070 are homeschooled. Alabama is among the states that are using vouchers, tax credits ...
Portland isn't the first district in Maine to make this change: Lewiston Public Schools added Eid to its calendar in 2021. Each added holiday will cost the district an additional $65,000 ...
CHICAGO — If Chicago Public Schools were to tackle all the building repairs and upgrade projects on its list, that would cost $14.4 billion. Just the ones the district considers “critical”? About $3 ...