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CPS CEO Martinez claims Mayor Johnson rejected funding request amid budget dispute
CEO Pedro Martinez claims he asked Mayor Brandon Johnson for money to fund a CPS pension payment and raises for teachers, but ...
Crain's Chicago Business16h
CPS chief Martinez wants Johnson to raid TIF coffers to solve school budget crisis
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez told Crain's today he's presenting a plan to the City Council to sweep nearly $1 ...
CPS, teachers union set sights on special property tax districts to plug schools’ budget hole with different visions
Both CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and CTU leadership called this week to use property tax dollars collected to spur economic ...
Chicago Teachers Union urges city to end TIF districts, send $1 billion in funds to Chicago Public Schools
CTU officials said their plan to sweep TIF funds back to CPS would help the district avoid mass program and personnel cuts.
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez addresses job security, district funding in interview
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, under fire from Mayor Brandon Johnson and the city’s teachers’ union, discussed those battles in a 1-on-1 interview Wednesday.
ABC News1d
Chicago mayor on the defensive following mass school board resignation
For months, board members for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) – the country's fourth-largest public school system – had ...
Editorial: Brandon Johnson’s reckless Chicago Public Schools maneuvering must be vehemently opposed
The mass resignations of all seven Chicago Board of Education members amid a battle over the future of Chicago Public Schools ...
Acero Schools proposes closing 7 charter schools; about 2,000 students to be impacted
In a move met with anger and shock by families and educators, the Acero Schools Board of Directors voted to close nearly half ...