CBS News Chicago asked candidates to share their views on four key issues facing the next board when all members are sworn in ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a record tax increment financing surplus for a second consecutive year. But that’s far less ...

The school district has struggled to provide busing for students who have traditionally gotten it. Because it's legally ...

It followed a stunning school board shakeup in October over pressure to oust Chicago Public School Chief Executive Officer ...

A Chicago elementary school now bears the name of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ruth Bader Ginsburg ...

The decision reached earlier this month by the Acero Schools Board of Directors to close nearly half the schools in its ...

But that’s far less than what schools CEO Pedro Martinez requested ... CPS gets 52% of that cash. To fill the CPS budget hole, Martinez asked Johnson for $484 million in TIF funds this year ...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez had the stage to himself ... projects blocks $600 million every year from reaching CPS, Martinez said. “Our inability to access these TIF dollars ...

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and Johnson disagree about how to close a roughly $300 million expected deficit for this school year. Chicago held its first-ever school board election to choose 10 members ...

Embattled CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and other CPS leaders spoke with dozens of students following classroom visits at Prosser Career Academy in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. READ MORE ...

CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez said Friday that the district was surprised by the Acero Schools charter network’s decision to close seven of its Chicago campuses at the ...