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3 days ago · Starting Jan. 15, Chicago’s Board of Education will go from seven members appointed by the mayor to a 21-member board with 10 elected members and 11 appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. This will be the first step toward transitioning to a fully elected board by 2027. Chicago is divided into 10 districts for the 2024 election.
2 days ago · School Board Candidates, District 5 (West Side, West Loop, Near West Side) Read more about the candidates here. (L-R from top row) Jessica Biggs, Andre Smith, Anusha Thotakura and Danielle J ...
4 days ago · 18 schools in Illinois were named to the 2024 list of National Blue Ribbon Schools, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Education Monday.
2 days ago · Enrollment dropped by more than 80,000 students in that time, with the sharpest decline of 15,000 kids coming during the pandemic when many children disengaged or lost touch with their schools.
4 days ago · Chicago Public Schools unveiled a new five-year strategic plan Monday that sets out to increase the number of students attending schools in their neighborhood and redefine what it means to be a successful student.
4 days ago · In an extraordinary set of comments Tuesday that brought the leadership tussle at the top of the school system further into public view, Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez said he would not resign at Mayor Brandon Johnson’s direction.
5 days ago · Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday voted unanimously to pass a five-year strategic plan that vows a "renewed focus on equity" and moves away from ranking schools based on student outcomes.
