Beneath portraits of former President Barack Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Che “Rhymefest” Smith and Jessica Biggs, ...

A new Chicago Teachers Union report released Thursday criticizes the lack of oversight of the district’s over 100 charter ...

The school board is considering five candidates to take over as interim Chicago Public Schools CEO from Pedro Martinez, who ...

The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that Pedro Martinez, who is currently CEO of Chicago Public Schools, will become commissioner of elementary and secondary education in Massachusetts ...

The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer investigation has uncovered numerous academic and financial issues.

Former Principal John Thuet and Assistant Principal Michelle Brumfield were fired in 2020 over allegations that they ...

The Chicago Board of Education this week announced a series of public meetings to be held over the coming days in order to ...

Chicago Public Schools officials call for additional dollars from the city and state to fill gaps in their budget for the ...

How the budget deficit gets addressed may depend on who replaces current CPS CEO Pedro Martinez, whose last day is June 18.

The mayor's office called the budget "irresponsible and reckless." CPS calls its spending school plan for next school year ...

Outgoing Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez took to zoom Wednesday afternoon to put forward an outline of the 2026 budget that he will be sending to schools on Thursday. It is one that he says ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is considering his chief of staff as the next CEO of Chicago Public Schools, sources say, as the Chicago Board of Education gathers community input in each of ...