CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Public Schools and Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Pedro Martinez as its new CEO Wednesday. Under clear blue sunny skies, the 51-year-old Martinez stepped onto the Benito ...

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

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On Monday, Chicago Public Schools parents Kelley Escamilla and her husband gave their 3rd and 6th graders a choice: Go to school and wear a mask or don't. They didn't wear masks and ...

Multiple sources told ABC7 Chicago Friday that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has told Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez he no longer wants him as head of the school district. The sources said ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez returned to his high school alma mater for an 8th grade graduation ceremony on Tuesday, the same place where four years earlier Mayor Lori ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Financial problems are piling up at Chicago Public Schools, amid the district’s growing budget deficit and more cuts from the federal government. Now, the Chicago Teachers Union is ...

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Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates made the case Monday for the school district to borrow funds to address a $529 million budget deficit. She cast the decision as one that would show ...

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The Chicago Board of Education has narrowed its choice for the next leader down to two candidates and current interim CEO/Supt. Macquline King did not make the cut, according to multiple sources close ...