The new board members took their oaths of office and met for the first time Wednesday, many expressing optimism and hope ...

The new Chicago Board of Education was sworn in while the Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates calls for contract settlement.

Chicago Public Schools will make history Wednesday by seating the first elected school board. Out of 21 members, 11 are ...

Sean Harden serves as the president of the Chicago Board of Education. He was selected by Johnson to lead the board in ...

The immediate challenges facing the new school board members are enormous: They must ink a new deal with the teachers union, ...

The board’s first meeting and swearing-in was a key milestone in a longtime push for an elected school board in Chicago, ...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez was terminated in a unanimous vote by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked Board of ...

The current seven-person Chicago school board, with members all selected by Mayor Brandon Johnson, will switch Wednesday to 20 board members and a president.

CPS' $1.1 billion fund balance is a major improvement from negative balances almost a decade ago. But although CTU believes, ...

As CPS and its teachers union disagree about how much the district can afford, a new report warns of dire fiscal outlook.

The $1.1 billion fund balance is a massive improvement from negative balances almost a decade ago. But although CTU believes, ...

The Civic Federation said dwindling enrollment, rising costs, long-term pension liabilities, and infrastructure needs have ...