School board pushes to keep Acero schools open, as Chicago Public Schools chief Pedro Martinez’ job status remains unclear
The Board of Education met Thursday in a special meeting to discuss the closure of seven charter schools and reaffirm their promise to safeguard the rights of LGBTQ and immigrant students, in the ...
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Pedro Martinez defends CPS work to aldermen in contentious hearing
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez had the stage to himself Wednesday at City Hall, and used it to go on the offensive in his ongoing fight with Mayor Brandon Johnson over control of the ...
Chicago Board of Ed. to hold special meeting as some try to blame CPS CEO for Acero school closings
The mayor asked CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to resign because he refused to secure a short-term high interest loan to pay for a ...
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CPS CEO Pedro Martinez defends his school budget plans in City Council hearing
At a hearing Wednesday, City Council members admonished Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez for failing to have a plan for the end of pandemic relief funding. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file ...
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Chicago Mayor Johnson calls for CPS to craft ‘contingency plan’ for planned Acero closures
While Johnson emphasized that he’s not saying CPS CEO Pedro Martinez did something wrong, he said the district needs to put ...
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CPS chief grilled by City Council after school board members 'ghost' hearing
ceding the floor to Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to continue his public push to stay in the job. Martinez refused to resign under pressure from Mayor Brandon Johnson last month after ...
Chicago Public Schools calls special board meeting over Acero charter school closures
In the latest development in a monthslong battle between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union, the ...
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to speak during City Council committee hearing Wednesday morning
The budget shortfall faced by Chicago Public Schools will take center-stage during a City Council committee meeting Wednesday morning. Embattled CPS CEO Pedro Martinez will appear before City ...
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez may be ousted as bargaining session starts, sources say
Think of computers as concerts. A single instrument can make a sound, but it takes an entire orchestra to make a symphony. In a similar way, a single computer can make calculations, but thousands ...
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Newly appointed school board members skip CPS budget council meeting, Martinez addresses committee
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The newly appointed Chicago School Board was notably absent from a city council meeting on the Chicago Public Schools budget Wednesday at City Hall. Both current and new interim ...
Endorsement guide for the 2024 Chicago Public Schools Board elections
The 2024 elections are just days away, and while voters will be deciding on the next President of the United States and ...
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Covid money boosted Chicago’s schools. Now it’s gone, and the city is in crisis.
“This pandemic gave us a taste for funding that we had never seen before,” the Chicago Public Schools chief executive, Pedro Martinez, told a city council education committee last week.