Chicago public schools face enrollment crisis with 150 half-empty schools, costing up to $93,000 per student in some cases, ...

It's been a slow return to seven days, and the Park District’s pool season will be short this year, ending just before ...

CPS' 1,200 Safe Passage workers monitor the streets to keep students safe. They could face cuts as CPS confronts a $529 ...

Declining school enrollment has left 30% of Chicago public schools at least half-empty. The city’s failure to address this ...

CPS emphasized that its transportation system is outsourced and must cover more than 200 square miles of city territory. The ...

The outgoing schools chief emotionally recounted his passion for Chicago Public Schools and for the city where he found home ...

Almost four years ago, Martinez was named CEO by former Mayor Lori Lightfoot. His contract was extended by Mayor Brandon Johnson, but their relationship broke down a year ago, when Martinez refused to ...

On September 29, 2021, Pedro Martinez, who has more than 30 years of experience in the private, nonprofit, and public education sectors, began serving as ...

The abrupt closure of Passages’s preschool raises questions about its future at a time when other charter schools across the ...

Illinois lawmakers just passed a bill creating a “direct admission” program to simplify the college application process. WNIJ ...

Martinez said he has “no regrets” for not agreeing to high-interest borrowing to pay for the new Chicago Teachers Union ...

Outgoing Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez took some parting shots at the CTU as he prepares to leave his post this week.