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Much of the public still knows little if anything about this year's Chicago school board elections. But behind the scenes, candidates and special interest groups are gearing up for this opportunity to shape the city’s education system.
With an elected school board coming, Johnson’s appointed board is pushing for more funding and changes on school choice and police in schools.
Ahead of a Chicago Board of Education vote Thursday on renewing contracts with 49 publicly funded charter schools, supporters, including parents, educators and advocates, rallied to demand longer renewal terms than the one to four years Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez recommended. The board later approved each proposed renewal agreement in a series of unanimous votes, with two ...
Charter schools face a reckoning Thursday as a skeptical Board of Education considers contract renewals for 49 schools that serve about 26,000 kids.
Lawmakers have agreed on a voting map but are considering a last-minute proposal to accelerate moving to a fully elected board.