The budget watchdog group released a comprehensive report detailing the dire financial situation Chicago Public Schools faces, especially next year. "The amount of money we're talking about ...

Chicago is not broke.” The new board’s immediate challenges are well-known: Chicago Public Schools has a $9.9 billion budget for this fiscal year that was balanced on its face, but didn’t ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Our coverage of this story has moved here. Attorneys for Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez have sent a letter to the Chicago Board of Education, demanding members "cease ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The budget watchdog group the Civic Federation warned Monday that the Chicago Public Schools' finances are in such bad shape that the State of Illinois may need to take control of ...

Chicago Teachers Union officials filed a grievance with Chicago Public Schools alleging that the district is shorting some educators’ wages. In early December, CTU member Alex Rodriguez ...

Chicago Public Schools finances are in “precarious” condition, so fragile and in danger of collapse that the state of Illinois needs to consider seizing control of the troubled school district.

This comes after a fall and early winter that featured a hard-fought campaign, the existing school board resigning en masse and the CPS CEO being forced out — though he’s staying on until June.

Chicago Public Schools on Monday, Jan. 20 are closed, according to CPS' 2024-25 calendar. According to CPS' calendar Tuesday, Jan. 21 will also see closures as it is listed as a "school ...

Political Reporter Chris Tye reports. Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez accused school board members of "hijacking" negotiations and trying to intimidate his team, and also of huddling ...

CPS, the third-largest public school district in the country with more than 323,000 students, is at a critical juncture, the research organization said in its report, The Civic Foundation released ...

Just days before Christmas, Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez was terminated in a unanimous vote by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked Board of Education. This Wednesday, the city’s first-ever ...

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