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Chicago Board of Education chooses City Hall advisor and former principal as interim CEO
The school board has been split for weeks on who to pick as the district’s temporary leader. Outgoing CPS CEO Pedro ...
School board picks Macquline King to lead CPS temporarily in face of deficit
The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday approved XXXX as interim schools chief, replacing outgoing CEO Pedro Martinez as ...
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Passages Charter School shutters pre-k program
The abrupt closure of Passages’s preschool raises questions about its future at a time when other charter schools across the ...
Outgoing CPS CEO bids farewell to Chicago at graduation ceremony at his alma mater
The graduation ceremony for John A. Walsh, which Pedro Martinez attended, was held at Benito Juarez Community Academy, the ...
Summer closures of Thornwood and Thornridge high schools will bring $25 million in facility upgrades
Two Thornton High School District 205 schools will get a combined $25 million in upgrades, including athletic fields and ...
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Software startup wins 2025 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge
Rayni, a software startup company whose AI platform helps scientists operate lab instruments, won first place in the ...
Chicago Public Schools floats plan to overturn teachers’ contract to slash budget deficit
CPS officials are proposing to “delay” hiring librarians, nurses and staff needed to reduce class sizes, vindicating warnings ...
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Trade school students blindsided as federal Job Corps cuts shut school down
WBBM By Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Hundreds of students in the Chicago area are not sure where to turn after the federal government pulled funding for their ...