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The recently appointed head of Chicago’s school board resigned Thursday after reports from the Jewish Insider and Chicago Sun-Times exposed what some Chicago leaders called antisemitic and ...
Rev. Mitchell Johnson was among seven new board members who were appointed after the previous board resigned en masse earlier this month. New Chicago school board president resigns after ...
For months, board members for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) – the country's fourth-largest public school system – had been under pressure by Johnson to fire CPS CEO Pedro Martinez, who was ...
Since the 1995 Chicago School Reform Amendatory Act went into effect, the president has been directly appointed by the mayor of Chicago, rather than being elected among the members of the board. [2] Beginning with the 2026 Chicago Board of Education elections, after which the Board of Education is slated to become an entirely-elected board, the ...
On September 22, the Chicago Board of Education unanimously voted to approve his appointment as CEO, to take office on September 29. [16] As scheduled, Martinez took office on September 29, 2021. [17] He is the first Hispanic individual to serve as CEO of the district on a permanent basis. [4]
The Chicago Board of Education serves as the board of education (school board) for the Chicago Public Schools. The board traces its origins to the Board of School Inspectors, created in 1837. The board is currently appointed solely by the mayor of Chicago. Between 2024 and 2027, the board is slated to transition to consist entirely of elected ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has chosen a former teacher and head of a prominent parents advocacy group to lead the Board of Education — part of Johnson’s near-total restructuring of the ...
Michael Scott Jr. is an American politician, business executive, and member of the Chicago Board of Education.From 2015 to 2022, he served as an alderman in the Chicago City Council representing the 24th ward, which includes portions of North Lawndale, South Austin and West Garfield Park. [1]