Chicago Public Schools’ Black student success plan hit with federal legal challenge
In a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, a national group claims the plan is discriminatory, citing efforts by ...
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Chicago Public Schools Celebrates Crossing Guard Appreciation Month
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will celebrate the more than 700 crossing guards who help CPS students and families safely ...
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Parents Defending Education challenges Chicago district’s Black Student Success Plan as discriminatory
Virginia-based Parents Defending Education, which opposes race-based initiatives, said the Chicago Public Schools program is discriminatory.
CPS skilled trades recruitment event sparks interest in career pathways for high school juniors, seniors
The event is a partnership with city agencies, City Colleges of Chicago, and labor and corporate partners to promote pathways ...
Pedro Martinez eliminated as finalist for public school superintendent in Nevada
Chicago's appointed school board voted to fire Martinez without cause in December after growing hostility with Mayor Brandon ...
Chicago Teachers Union leaders are facing a challenge in spring union election
President Stacy Davis Gates and her caucus, which propelled Mayor Johnson into office, are being challenged by a group that ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson escalates push for CPS to pick up pension payment, borrow more money
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is instructing the school board to move ahead on accepting the costs of a $175 million pension payment that has been a political hot potato between City Hall and ...
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Pritzker’s Proposed $55.2 Billion Budget Includes No New Taxes, Some Cuts in Care for Non-Citizens
Pritzker’s budget team provided a rosier projection of an extra $1.5 billion in revenue growth, meaning he has to cover a ...
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez out of Clark County superintendent search
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez is no longer in the running for Clark County’s superintendent position as the Nevada district narrows ...
‘Fails to meet our standards:’ Nevada school district rejects Pedro Martinez for top job
Ousted schools CEO Pedro Martinez was tossed from the running for superintendent of the Clark County School District in ...
Nevada school district no longer considering fired CPS CEO Pedro Martinez
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez is out of the running for a job in Nevada. Clark County's Public ...
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CCSD narrows superintendent search to 4 candidates
In less than a month the Clark County School District could have a new superintendent chosen. However, the process has been far from smooth as several people walked out of ...