All members resigned amid a dispute with the mayor over how to handle this year’s budget deficit and whether to fire CPS CEO Pedro Martinez. Johnson wanted the school district to keep open the ...

Six candidates, all CPS parents with some experience in education who represent a range of views on the issues, are vying to ...

The new president of the Chicago Board of Education defended his appointment and said it was a “silly question” to ask whether he intended to force out Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez.

Embattled CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and other CPS leaders spoke with dozens of students following classroom visits at Prosser Career Academy in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. CPS submitted its Five ...

Chicago Public Schools is facing twin budgetary and governance crises after its entire board resigned earlier this month and Mayor Brandon Johnson reportedly asked CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to resign.

While Martinez made the case for a slew of new revenue options for both this year and the long term, Council members admonished CPS’ lack of a plan for the end of pandemic relief funding this year.

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez spoke before councilmembers in an Education Committee hearing to discuss the district's budget. Taylor said the hearing is not about Martinez, but instead about getting ...

Embattled CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and other CPS leaders spoke with dozens of students following classroom visits at Prosser Career Academy in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. READ MORE ...

The school district has a more than $500 million budget shortfall, and while the City Council has no oversight over the CPS budget, aldermen were able to ask schools CEO Pedro Martinez about the ...

"We ask that CPS and Pedro Martinez keep their commitment to stop school closures, and ensure a plan for our community today," Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th) said. Acero said the plan to close seven of ...

Ald. Jason Ervin, 28th, pressed Martinez on the size of the surplus from tax-increment financing districts CPS would need to reach the $484 million he's asking of the city. When the city sweeps ...