Pritzker does have a kinship with North Carolina. Long before his political rise in Illinois, he was a legislative aide to ...

More than 1,450 staff were laid off Friday, but district officials say many will be rehired. However, a Chalkbeat analysis of ...

Several top Chicago Public Schools staffers have left the district following the departure of former schools chief Pedro ...

Several top Chicago Public Schools staffers have left the district following the departure of former schools chief Pedro Martinez. The five exiting officials include the district’s chiefs of ...

The survey of about 2,700 respondents also found that people want the next schools chief to be a good communicator.

SAFETY CALL: The Illinois State Police is working with Gov. JB Pritzker and top legislative leaders to offer increased security after the horrific news that two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses ...

Pedro Martinez, selected by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to be the CEO of Chicago Public Schools, jokes with then-CPS board President Miguel del Valle, left, following a news conference on Sept. 15, 2021.

In the latest Chicago Public Schools news, Mayor Brandon Johnson's interim CPS school board has voted to fire CPS CEO Pedro Martinez.

The December firing of Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez made national headlines.

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez granted temporary restraining order against school board The ruling states board members cannot participate in CTU negotiations unless invited by Martinez to do so.

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez says the board's actions "unlawfully infringe on and interfere" with his authority as the "sole" representative of the board in negotiations.

Lawyers for Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez say he will fight the decision by Mayor Brandon Johnson's interim CPS school board to fire him.