Sarah Karp

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Sarah Karp

The president of the Chicago Board of Education is tearing into the school district’s embattled CEO, saying that the budget proposals he produced for next school year are “unsatisfactory and incomplete,” and that Pedro Martinez’s planned June exit from the school district should be accelerated. “The current CPS CEO’s recent focus has been on his professional future and not on the long-term stability and success of our school district,” Sean Harden said in a statement.

1 week ago | wbez.org | Sarah Karp

The president of the Chicago Board of Education is tearing into the school district’s embattled CEO, saying that the budget proposals he produced for next school year are “unsatisfactory and incomplete,” and that Pedro Martinez’s planned June exit from the school district should be accelerated. “The current CPS CEO’s recent focus has been on his professional future and not on the long-term stability and success of our school district,” Sean Harden said in a statement.

1 week ago | wbez.org | Sarah Karp

With CEO Pedro Martinez leaving Chicago Public Schools in June, the behind-the-scenes suggestion that the mayor is trying to push one of his inner circle into the temporary leadership post is causing a stir on the partly-elected, partly-appointed 21-member school board. The majority of board members are aligned with the mayor and at least one member made the argument that the board needs someone who they know and is in step with their values.

3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Sarah Karp

Chicago Public Schools is taking steps to get a long-awaited Black Student Success Committee underway, even as the Trump administration takes aim at initiatives that single out particular student groups for extra support. The committee will monitor the Black Student Success Plan, which was unveiled in February, and was immediately hit with a legal challenge by a national group that has submitted legal complaints about race-based initiatives for years.

3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Sarah Karp |Nader Issa

El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. | The place for coverage of Latino news and culture in Chicago. El director ejecutivo de las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago (CPS), Pedro Martínez, que enfrenta múltiples retos, está preparado para asumir el cargo de escuelas primarias en Massachusetts, a la espera de la aprobación final del secretario de educación del estado.