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Chicago School Board
What you need to know about Chicago’s elected school board
City voters will elect school board members this fall for the first time. We break down how candidates get on the ballot and how to vote.
By Nader Issa , Sarah Karp , and 1 more
 
CTU researcher Pavlyn Jankov speaks amid CPS staff and supporters Wednesday in Springfield.
Education
CPS, CTU converge on Springfield to ask lawmakers about more money for schools
By Nader Issa
 
UChicago tents on quad protesting Gaza war
Education
CPS students protest Gaza war and march to University of Chicago, DePaul encampments
By Nader Issa
 
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez attends a monthly Board of Education board meeting at Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School in the Avalon Park neighborhood, Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Education
Facing budget criticism, CPS officials say changes are 'milestone' to be celebrated
By Nader Issa
 
LaSalle Language Academy located at 1734 N. Orleans St. in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
Education
CPS’s selective and magnet schools appear to take a hit under new equity funding formula
By Sarah Karp  and Nader Issa
 
Mayor Brandon Johnson and his school board have sought to clarify this spring that the changing priorities don’t mean selective-enrollment schools will face massive cuts or closure, and the intent instead is to provide neighborhood schools with some of the same programs available at selective-enrollment schools.
Education
What does Springfield's selective-enrollment bill mean for Chicago Public Schools?
By Nader Issa
 
President Joe Biden is facing discontent from voters at home over his handling of the war in Gaza.
Politics
Did Gaza protest vote make a mark on Illinois primary and impact support for Biden?
By Nader Issa
 
Adam Parrott-Sheffer, a former CPS principal, poses for a portrait in front of Ray Elementary in Hyde Park in Chicago on March 20, 2024.
Education
You’re running for what? Campaigning begins for Chicago’s first-ever elected school board.
By Sarah Karp  and Nader Issa
 
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates, Ald. Lamont Robinson (4th), Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez address sophomore students in their American contemporary issues class at Kenwood Academy High School on the South Side on the first day of school, Aug. 21, 2023.
Education
CTU negotiations will feature a new battleground this year: Springfield
By Nader Issa  and Sarah Karp
 
CPS school bus
Education
Buses again aren’t guaranteed for CPS general education students next year, officials say
By Nader Issa
 
Members of the Grassroots Education Movement, made up of Chicago Public Schools parents and community leaders backing an elected representative school board, protest outside City Hall in March 2021.
Education
Illinois lawmakers approve elected school board for Chicago. What comes next?
By Nader Issa  and Tina Sfondeles
 
CPS students and organizers at Board of Education meeting
Education
Chicago Board of Education votes to remove police from schools
By Nader Issa
 
Youth activists protesting SROs
Education
Board of Education moves to pull school police officers
By Nader Issa
 
Yasmeen Elagha (center, in white shirt) with family members while visiting in Gaza in December 2022. Her two adult cousins, Hashem (far left), and Borak (far right), are U.S. citizens and had been trying to move back with other family when they were arrested by Israeli officials last week.
Race, Class & Communities
Israel confirms arrest of 2 brothers from Chicago suburbs, won’t reveal charges against them
By Nader Issa
 
SEIU Local 1 custodians protested outside of Chicago Public Schools headquarters in 2021 demanding accountability for contractor Aramark and Chicago Public Schools, saying they were failing to keep schools keep schools clean and safe.
Education
CPS proposes cutting ties with controversial school cleaning management company
By Nader Issa  and Sarah Karp
 
Brandon Johnson talking to elementary school students
Education
After mayor’s request, bill to elect 10 school board members this year filed by Senate president
By Nader Issa  and Tina Sfondeles
 
Yasmeen Elagha standing in living room in front of TV screen showing family photo
Race, Class & Communities
Palestinian American brothers from Lombard taken in Israeli raid of their Gaza shelter, family says
By Nader Issa
 
Mayor Brandon Johnson being interviewed in his City Hall office in January, 2024.
Education
Q&A: Mayor Johnson explains what is behind his plans to remake CPS
By Sarah Karp  and Nader Issa