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If you're just tuning into the CPS/City Hall tensions, start with this story @chalkbeatCHI's @MilaKoumpilova & @sammie_smylie wrote in 2022: www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2022...

The discussion between City Hall and the new school board Friday highlighted the complexity of the shift in governance, but also foreshadowed the political conflicts that could play out in the years to come. @chalkbeatCHI www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

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Here are four things to know about the intensifying drama between city hall and CPS www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

The U.S. has a new education secretary and Chicago is looking for it's next schools CEO. Want the latest education news in your inbox every morning? Sign up now! www.chalkbeat.org/newsletters/ www.chalkbeat.org/2025/03/03/l... www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

Scoop from @reemadamin.bsky.social: CPS CEO Pedro Martinez is one of six candidates in the running for superintendent of schools in Clark County, Nevada, the nation's fifth largest school district. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

McMahon's investments in municipal bonds funding school construction projects include the following in Illinois: Joliet Junior College, Franklin Park School District, River Trails School District, and Waukegan Community Unit School District 60

Trump is weighing big cuts to the U.S. Education Department www.npr.org/2025/02/03/n... @NPR

UPDATE: A federal judge blocked the order from going into effect Tuesday evening amid multiple legal challenges, including a lawsuit filed by a coalition of Democratic attorneys general. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/01/28/t...

The federal agents at a Chicago school today were not ICE, but Secret Service agents investing a kid who made a TikTok threat. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

Federal immigration agents showed up at a Chicago school, CPS says. Staff turned them away. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

The number of students in undergraduate and graduate programs rose above pre-pandemic levels for the first time.

Chicago’s new partially-elected school board is sworn in @MilaKoumpilova @chalkbeatCHI www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

Meet the new Chicago Board of Education being sworn in today. After more than a decade of advocacy, Chicago has a partially-elected school board that will be fully elected in 2026. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

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