While charter schools are in contractual agreements with the district, CPS cannot unilaterally require Acero to keep the ...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez got chewed out this week by allies of Mayor Brandon Johnson over impending charter ...

The mayor asked CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to resign because he refused to secure a short-term high interest loan to pay for a ...

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

The mayor asked CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to resign because he refused to secure a short-term high interest loan to pay for a ...

Five newly elected members of the Chicago Board of Education delivered a blunt message Tuesday to Mayor Brandon Johnson. Yes, ...

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 ...

Martinez has trumpeted that request since first airing it publicly last week. The CPS CEO called on Johnson in April to declare a widely expanded TIF surplus, he told the Tribune last Wednesday.

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez spoke before councilmembers in an Education Committee hearing to discuss the district's budget. Taylor said the hearing is not about Martinez, but instead about getting ...

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

Ald. Jason Ervin, 28th, pressed Martinez on the size of the surplus from tax-increment financing districts CPS would need to reach the $484 million he's asking of the city. When the city sweeps ...

At a hearing Wednesday, City Council members admonished Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro ... former CPS CEOs whose decisions she said contributed to the current shortfall. Martinez said CPS ...