Financial problems are piling up at Chicago Public Schools, amid the district’s growing budget deficit and more cuts from the ...

Ferguson says the report is a reality check for CPS' new hybrid-elected school board: 21 members will be sworn in on Wednesday. Ferguson warns the board the financial situation is so serious, ...

But, the Civic Federation says the new school board must right-size personnel, especially when the majority of CPS schools are under-enrolled. Ferguson says CPS spends $93,000 per student a ...

Chicago Public Schools is teetering on the brink of the financial abyss, one that threatens to unravel the recent progress families and educators have fought so hard to achieve. The system is ...

Could Mayor Johnson be poised to oust CPS CEO Pedro Martinez? 03:02. CHICAGO (CBS) -- The school year for the Chicago Public Schools began Monday amid a sweltering heat wave, as questions ...

Bernhard Moos Elementary School in 2022. Chicago Public Schools' newly elected hybrid board met last week to debate an amended 2025 budget. Mayor Brandon Johnson's finance team wants the Chicago ...