CPS and CTU both look to city taxing districts to solve school budget woes
To avoid a loan to deal with budget shortfall this year, the warring Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools CEO ...
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 ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson announces six new CPS board members after mass resignations
Johnson bristled when asked if he was moving to replace the entire school board so the new board could fire Chicago Public ...
Chicago school board resignations bring "instability" to CPS, aldermen say
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A day after Mayor Brandon Johnson announced his entire hand-picked school board would resign, dozens of ...
Here’s what the City Council can do to limit the mayor’s power over the CPS Board
Some Council members called a special meeting for Wednesday, but they lack authority to force the mayor or anyone else to ...
Mayor Johnson on appointing new CPS board: Election "gave me the power to transform this city"
The event came after an at-times contentious news conference on Monday,​ where Johnson announced six appointees to his new ...
Alders say Mayor Johnson is acting like a "dictator" with his decisions regarding CPS board
Members of the City Council said they want a voice at the table, but Mayor Johnson said he alone has the authority on these ...
Opinion: CPS board has a moral obligation to work with police to reduce youth crime
The CPS board may not have appreciated the unexpected request by the police chief, but it should not diminish the great need ...
CPS 101: Inside the leadership crisis, school board shakeup, and upcoming elections
Before Chicago casts its first vote on a school board, go inside the city's public school system. What's working? And what's ...
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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 101: Diverse candidates and their key priorities in the Chicago school board elections
Chicago's elected school board candidates include educators, lawyers, activists, CEOs, and mothers of special needs children.
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.