The Board of Education has had issues with CPS CEO Pedro Martinez for some time, WBEZ has learned, but are weighing a provision that would allow him to stay on for six months, even after termination.

Regarding his op-ed “I’m not resigning as CPS chief, and we’re not closing any schools” (Sept. 25): Chicago Public Schools ...

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The Chicago Public Schools chief has supported many of the union's initiatives, so why are they attacking him now? Because Stacy Davis Gates and Brandon Johnson need a scapegoat.

The statement voicing support for CEO Pedro Martinez purported to be from both the district and the school board, but board ...

Years of exorbitant political spending in Illinois – more than $24.3 million since 2010 – has secured an enormous amount of ...

The mayor hopes to pressure Springfield into fully funding Chicago Public Schools. There's no guarantee it will work, and his ...

For months, prominent Chicagoans in for-profit commerce and nonprofit governance, Democrats all, have fretted and shaken their heads as Mayor Brandon Johnson lurched from one crisis to another. So far ...

CEO Pedro Martinez of Chicago Public Schools refuses to resign amid tensions and denies any plans to close schools, proposing ...

Therese Boyle, Miquel Lewis, Lanetta Thomas, and La’Mont Williams are running to represent the Chicago neighborhoods of Roseland, Pullman, Beverly, and Auburn-Gresham in this year’s school board ...

A passenger was killed after a gunman hijacked a city bus in Los Angeles early Wednesday, leading to a slow police chase ...

School closures. A homeless crisis. A political divide over high-rise development at the beach. Hollywood voters will choose a mayor and two commissioners in the city’s upcoming elections on Nov. 5.