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Families and educators with the Chicago Teachers Union rally outside Aspira Business & Finance High School at 2989 N. Milwaukee Ave., in Chicago on Feb. 26, 2026. Hundreds of students have already left ASPIRA, after the district told families that the operator didn't have the money to finish the school year. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CPS leaders to ask school board to revoke ASPIRA network’s charter

March 13, 2026 at 7:36 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools said Friday it will ask the school board to revoke the troubled ASPIRA network’s charter due to financial woes.

Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King, from left, Sito Narcisse, former superintendent of East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools in Louisiana, and Meisha Porter, a former New York City schools chief, are the three finalists to lead Chicago Public Schools. (John J. Kim/baiduhai, Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel and Brittainy Newman/AP)

3 finalists announced to lead Chicago Public Schools, including interim chief Macquline King

March 13, 2026 at 4:33 p.m.

The Chicago school board has narrowed its search for a new superintendent to three finalists, including the current interim CEO Macquline King.

Chicago Board of Education members meet at the Loop office on March 4, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Should Chicago school board members be paid? Legislators weigh compensation ahead of historic election

March 9, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A new bill in the Illinois House would pave the way for school board members to receive compensation.

Janet Romo stands outside Chicago's R.H. Lee Elementary School, where she has worked for about a year, on March 6, 2026. Classified as a miscellaneous worker, she has now joined the Service Employees International Union.

‘Miscellaneous’ Chicago Public Schools workers join SEIU

March 6, 2026 at 5:31 p.m.

Almost 1,700 Chicago Public Schools support staffers have joined the Service Employees International Union after the school district dropped an objection to their organizing campaign.

Chicago Public Schools Board of Education Vice President Olga Bautista, left, listens to board members during a meeting at the Loop office, March 4, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Vice president of the Chicago school board to step down

March 4, 2026 at 7:09 p.m.

Chicago Board of Education Vice President Olga Bautista will step down after receiving an award to continue her environmental justice work.

Students head toward the main entrance of The Chicago High School for the Arts on West Augusta Boulevard on March 3, 2026, following a press conference demanding that CPS stop its current transition plan for the school. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

ChiArts families, teachers protest proposed changes to conservatory model

March 4, 2026 at 6:26 p.m.

Next year, Chicago Public Schools will assume management of Chicago High School for the Arts and its current conservatory model will likely change.

Lui Sarinan, 17, of Amundsen High School, raises her hand as she listens with her classmates to owner of Vietfive Coffee Anna Huynh, of Garfield Park, during the Office for Students with Disabilities Transition Fair at Malcom X College, Feb. 27, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Chicago Public Schools transition fair helps students with disabilities plan for what’s next

February 27, 2026 at 11:22 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools hosted the Transition Fair, a two-day event that connects students with disabilities to post-secondary opportunities.

Special education teacher Jenny Gatz rallies with others outside ASPIRA Business & Finance High School in Chicago on Feb. 26, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CPS to transfer students out of ASPIRA charter network amid financial turmoil

February 26, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools will begin transferring about 540 students from two high schools in the ASPIRA charter network facing midyear closure.

Cindi Camacho has taught at the ASPIRA Business & Finance High School for eight years. The school, in the Avondale neighborhood, is one of two high schools that may have to close next month as the charter operator is facing bankruptcy. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Families, teachers in limbo as ASPIRA charter schools face closure

February 22, 2026 at 4:54 p.m.

The charter network ASPIRA has announced it is facing a $4.8 million deficit, and could be forced to shutter its three schools in March.

Former Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez speaks with members of the press at CPS headquarters on March 31, 2025, in Chicago. An outside firm hired to find a permanent replacement for Martinez is withdrawing from the process. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

CPS board members accuse Mayor Brandon Johnson of ‘sabotage’ in CEO search

February 12, 2026 at 6:50 p.m.

A group of six Chicago Public Schools board members blasted Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday, accusing City Hall of sabotaging a professional search for a new head of the school...

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