With CTU ally Mayor Brandon Johnson in charge, voters reject several union-backed school board candidates
As early returns in Tuesday’s first school board election signaled an underwhelming performance by the Chicago Teachers Union ...
With last CPS School Board races called, elected board divided among CTU, independents and anti-CTU camps
Two last races were called Friday for independent candidates in Districts 9 and 10 on the South and Southeast sides.
Editorial: Who’s the threat to democracy now? Brandon Johnson mocks Chicago voters with CPS power play.
Five newly elected members of the Chicago Board of Education delivered a blunt message Tuesday to Mayor Brandon Johnson. Yes, ...
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Chicago Teachers Union spent $1.74M trying to take over Chicago school board
The Chicago Teachers Union spent $1.74 million on its endorsed school board candidates. But most of them were defeated, ...
CPS School Board election results leave both CTU, charter interests without clear win
Thirty-one people ran to represent 10 districts in an election that morphed into a battle between Johnson’s allies at the ...
Chicago teachers advocate for eco-friendly school upgrades, healthy drinking water
Chicago teachers wanting healthy green school improvements, especially in lower income neighborhoods, held a rally Tuesday ...
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Chicago Public Schools calls special board meeting over Acero charter school closures
The Mayor and his CTU allies have been at odds with Martinez since the schools’ chief declined City Hall’s demand that the ...
After several turmoil-filled months, Brandon Johnson and CTU’s education agenda takes a hit
Chicago voters largely rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s education agenda as only four of 10 candidates endorsed by the ...
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Chicago, Its Teachers Union, and ‘Mayor CTU’s’ Risky Power Grab
Commentary: Mayor Johnson should know better than to “jeopardize the financial health of the school system” in advancing one ...
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See if your lawmaker has taken money from the Chicago Teachers Union
The Chicago Teachers Union has funneled nearly $1.6 to lawmakers in the Illinois General Assembly. See if your lawmakers ...
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Chicago Board of Education votes to support families as seven charter schools face closure
The Chicago Board of Education is meeting Thursday to discuss the closure of seven charter schools, with parents and teachers ...
Mayor's school board holds special meeting likely to lay groundwork to fire CPS CEO: sources
Mayor Brandon Johnson's short-term six-member school board is holding a special meeting that sources say is likely to lay the groundwork to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez. Five school ...