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Parents and students rally outside Sandra Cisneros Elementary School in Chicago on Oct. 23, 2024. Cisneros is one of seven Acero schools that administrators have voted to close. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

An uncertain future for Chicago’s Latino students: What’s been their experience amid CPS turmoil?

November 1, 2024 at 11:06 a.m.

Immigrant advocacy groups are concerned about Chicago's city leaders' deprioritization and future inequity of Latino students in Chicago Public Schools, while many non-citizens cannot vote.

Community members hold up large mock-ups of checks from wealthy donors for some of the school board candidates as speakers introduce proposals for campaign finance reform during a news conference on Oct. 28, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

State legislators announce plans to introduce campaign finance reform legislation

October 29, 2024 at 8:21 a.m.

Illinois state legislators plan campaign finance reform legislation due to school board fundraising.

Chicago Board of Education members take the oath during the Chicago Board of Education’s monthly agenda review meeting at the CPS Coleman Regional Offices and Training Offices on Oct. 24, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

New school board meets for the first time, with new members signaling alignment with the mayor

October 25, 2024 at 7:56 a.m.

The seven new Chicago Board of Education members were sworn in Thursday morning, giving emotional testimonies.

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates, center, talks to reporters after a bargaining session on sustainable community schools with members of the union and Chicago Public Schools at Cameron Elementary School on Sept. 24, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicago Teachers Union report aims for alignment between district, mayor and union

October 23, 2024 at 9:11 p.m.

The CTU released a new report Wednesday, combining the highly anticipated Chicago Public Schools “Together We Rise” five-year strategic plan and the union’s contract proposals.

Chicago Bears cornerback Kyler Gordon welcomes sophomore student Dechancy Miller, as he and other students arrive at Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet School on Oct. 22, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago Bears’ Kyler Gordon is ‘principal for a day’ at an Austin school: ‘It gives them hope they can succeed’

October 23, 2024 at 7:02 a.m.

Chicago Bears cornerback Kyler Gordon represents a dream life and career for many high schoolers at Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet School in the Austin neighborhood.

People exit the Chicago Board of Education headquarters on Madison Street on Oct. 4, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago Board of Education meeting rescheduled, not canceled

October 22, 2024 at 7:36 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education plans to hold an agenda review meeting on Thursday and a board meeting Nov. 1.

People walk by Chicago Public Schools headquarters on May 28, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Seventh member named to the Board of Education by Mayor Johnson, board meeting scheduled

October 22, 2024 at 9:51 p.m.

All new Chicago school board members are expected to be sworn in at an agenda review meeting this week including seventh board appointee, Rafael Yañez.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez faces the City Council at City Hall on Oct. 16, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Pedro Martinez defends CPS work to aldermen in contentious hearing

October 16, 2024 at 5:31 p.m.

Mayor Johnson refused to tell his nominees to attend, clearing the way for school CEO Martinez to make his case for solving CPS’s daunting financial challenges.

Students work on building skeletons during an anatomy and physiology class at Collins Academy High School in North Lawndale n Oct. 15, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Pedro Martinez showcases TIF funding for CPS schools in North Lawndale amid CTU strife

October 15, 2024 at 7:36 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools chief Pedro Martinez showcased tax increment financing for schools in North Lawndale to finance new STEAM programs.

People gather to speak out against Mayor Brandon Johnson after news that the entire Chicago Board of Education is resigning outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters on Oct. 4, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Turmoil at Chicago Public Schools: What you need to know

October 18, 2024 at 7:36 a.m.

The root of the CPS back-and-forth is a lack of money. CPS faced about a $500 million deficit for this school year as federal pandemic relief funding ran out, and...

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