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Chicago Public Schools (CPS) faces a severe $734 million budget deficit, leading to over 1,450 staff layoffs, including ...
More than 1,450 staff were laid off Friday, but district officials say many will be rehired. However, a Chalkbeat analysis of ...
Several top Chicago Public Schools staffers have left the district following the departure of former schools chief Pedro ...
Several top Chicago Public Schools staffers have left the district following the departure of former schools chief Pedro Martinez. The five exiting officials include the district’s chiefs of ...
The survey of about 2,700 respondents also found that people want the next schools chief to be a good communicator.
06/17/2025 | Rating NR Outgoing CPS CEO Pedro Martinez on Hopes for Future Clip: 6/17/2025 | 10m 14sVideo has Closed Captions| CC The fired Chicago schools chief is wrapping up his tumultuous tenure.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez talked about the tentative deal struck with the Chicago Teachers Union.
The December firing of Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez made national headlines.
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez granted temporary restraining order against school board The ruling states board members cannot participate in CTU negotiations unless invited by Martinez to do so.
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez says the board's actions "unlawfully infringe on and interfere" with his authority as the "sole" representative of the board in negotiations.
CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez was fired late Friday night, clearing the way for Mayor Brandon Johnson to install a new leader of the nation’s fourth-largest school ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson's Board of Education sidelined Martinez as the two leaders found themselves on opposite sides of an increasingly public dispute over how to fund pension payments and a new ...