Four days before she called on Chicago's new school board president to resign for posts criticized as antisemitic, State Sen. Feigenholtz called someone a "badass truth teller" for a deeply Islamophobic tweet saying Muslims "stick their heads in the dirt multiple times a day"

Breaking: Chicago’s new Board of Education president is resigning just seven days after he was sworn into office. More to come.

Mayor’s statement on asking CBOE Prez Mitchell Johnson to resign: “I want to be clear: antisemitic, misogynistic, and conspiratorial statements are unacceptable.” He did not address reporter questions yesterday on the vetting process for now his second handpicked board prez

After-school programs on the chopping block due to delayed funding disbursement chicagotribune.com/2024/11/18/aft… ikram

NEWS: CPS CEO Pedro Martinez resists a buyout offer from an attorney tied to the Board of Education as tensions escalate with the mayor and CTU. The CEO's job has been in jeopardy for weeks, with the power struggle playing out behind closed doors. chicagotribune.com/2024/12/04/chi…

A day before a meeting to potentially oust CEO Pedro Martinez, an email obtained by the Tribune sheds light on Mayor Brandon Johnson's actual directives to the board to fire the schools chief. For months, the mayor has denied wanting Martinez out: chicagotribune.com/2024/12/19/lea…

Breaking: Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez has filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against the Board of Education and all seven of its members. He's pursuing a temporary restraining order to prevent the board from taking action on Martinez tonight.

Breaking: The Board of Education voted unanimously to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez in an extraordinary special meeting Friday night.

As students return to school this week, parents and educators worry about the district’s future and are divided on the board’s decision to fire CEO Martinez chicagotribune.com/2025/01/04/the…

Following months of turmoil that has consumed the district, some parents say they feel they’ve become ignored by CPS and CTU and that their students have become an afterthought. My latest for Chicago Tribune chicagotribune.com/2025/01/22/tea…

New: CPS confirmed that ICE agents visited Hamline Elementary in Back of the Yards Friday in Chicago.

CPS Chief Pedro Martinez on MSNBC - network reports that ICE is denying they showed up at Back of the Yards school...Martinez says they showed their credentials to staff

Fantastic reporting by Chicago Tribune about the fear parents and children are feeling in Little Village chicagotribune.com/2025/01/28/ham… Nell Salzman Jeremy Gorner Laura N. Rodríguez Presa ikram

Illinois' eighth graders outperform their peers in all but one state in national math and reading test, ⁦ikram⁩ reports chicagotribune.com/2025/01/29/ill…

CPS officials had a calm conversation with Secret Service agents outside Hamline School hours before the district sparked a nationwide panic when it falsely proclaimed ICE agents tried to enter the building, according to newly released security footage. trib.al/66KVtt1

Tonight's a great example for why more local news is better for the community. Three outlets with three different and important CPS stories: From Nader Issa: wbez.org/education/2025… From Nell Salzman + ikram: chicagotribune.com/2025/02/12/cps… From me: chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…

Facing a substantial budget deficit, UIC has proposed a potential plan to dissolve its School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics to faculty at the end of the academic year, resulting in the termination of all nontenured faculty chicagotribune.com/2025/02/14/uic…

The district's teacher evaluation system remains among one of the sticking points in Chicago’s Teacher Contract discussions, with CTU claiming it disproportionately harms Black educators. One teacher said the system drove her into retirement. chicagotribune.com/2025/03/12/cps…

Bogdana Chkoumbova, the chief education officer at Chicago Public Schools & outgoing CEO Pedro Martinez's second-in-command, is stepping down at the end of the school year after 24 years in CPS. That's the first high-profile departure as Martinez prepares to leave in June.

CPS attendance data shows a steep drop the week after inauguration, affecting mostly Latino students. Trump’s immigration policy has taken a deep emotional toll on communities with large undocumented populations, affecting teachers, parents and kids: chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/cps…