The Chicago Board of Education is changing. After the city held its first school board elections in history, 10 people elected by their communities will join 11 mayoral appointees to serve for the ...

The schools' chief, who was fired without cause in December after growing hostility with Mayor Brandon Johnson, is one of six ...

I offer my best wishes on their upcoming journey in leadership as elected members of the Chicago Board of Education take their seats for the first time. In the wake of the searing Civic Federation ...

It’s been two months since the Chicago School Board voted to save five Acero charter schools but there’s no deal yet to make ...

The new Chicago Board of Education was sworn in this week, marking a historic shift in oversight of the country’s fourth-largest school district after decades of mayoral control over the board.

Despite weeks of pressure from Mayor Brandon Johnson and the teachers union, the Chicago Board of Education did not remove Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez from his post during its ...

The 21 members of the Chicago Board of Education, which expanded from 7 seats, are meeting in newly renovated board chambers. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Twenty Chicago Board of Education members ...

WBEZ and the Sun-Times asked every Chicago Board of Education member about their background and what they want the board to focus on in 2025.

The Chicago Board of Education called a special meeting for Friday with two explicit options to either fire schools chief Pedro Martinez or offer him a settlement. The meeting initially scheduled ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago Board of Education voted Friday to fire Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez, clearing the way for the mayor to install a new leader for the ...

Ed Bannon is a lifelong Chicagoan ... He did not respond to a Sun-Times and WBEZ questionnaire sent to all board members about their backgrounds and the board’s work in the year ahead.