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Chicago
Nov 12, 2026
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1 min read
Protests popped up Wednesday in Cambridge, Massachusetts and in Chicago, where the city’s school district recently blocked student access to generative AI.
Nov 5, 2026
While votes are still being counted in some races, unofficial results indicate candidates backed by pro-school choice and anti-CTU groups will have a thin majority.
Oct 30, 2026
Linda McMahon's comments on American education leave out important chapters of history.
Oct 29, 2026
About a dozen candidates for the city’s first fully elected school board would consider closing or merging schools as enrollment declines. Most oppose any closures.
Oct 22, 2026
Also, more than $9 million has flowed into school board campaigns.
Oct 15, 2026
The district’s Office of the Inspector General had reopened an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct by Hilario Dominguez.
Oct 8, 2026
2 min read
We want to see campaign material that Chicagoans have received during the 2026 school board election season.
Oct 2, 2026
CPS has rehired 350 people in response to a mandate from Chicago’s school board. It’s unclear how long they can stay.
Oct 1, 2026
Sendhil Revuluri, a candidate for board president, has dropped out of the race.
Sep 24, 2026
Read our profiles on candidates running for Chicago's school board and a new investigation on allegations circling board president candidate Jessica Biggs.
Sep 17, 2026
The hopefuls for board president also defended themselves against past allegations or criticism.
Sep 10, 2026
A quarter of a century after Sept. 11, NYC teachers often face a unique challenge: conveying the gravity of a day many students never experienced firsthand.
Sep 4, 2026
Rather than risk their 16-year-old son’s chance of going to college in the U.S., an immigrant family in Newark is leaving the country on their own terms.
Sep 3, 2026
Educators and districts have been left to their own devices to come up with ways to deter and catch AI-enabled cheaters.
Aug 20, 2026
It's a messy fight for the pro-union Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Aug 13, 2026
The board’s vote assumed an additional $100 million in unrestricted funds from the state, but CPS says that money won’t be enough to reinstate every position cut earlier this summer.
Aug 7, 2026
Our Ideas editor wondered: Should college be limited to those who do relatively well in high school? He dug into the research.
Aug 6, 2026
Illinois is implementing a sales tax reduction this year for back-to-school shoppers, covering specific school supplies, clothing, and footwear.
Jul 30, 2026
The Chicago Board of Education is expected to vote on a $9.96 billion budget plan today.
Jul 23, 2026
Last fall, King floated a restructuring of the district’s network offices overseeing schools. The district backed off, but conversations in that vein have continued.
Jul 16, 2026
The district's budget proposal includes layoffs and other measures to tackle a $732.5 million budget gap.
Jul 10, 2026
Eugene Robinson Jr. spoke with Chalkbeat about the start of the plan’s rollout, the federal pressure to scrap it, and the search for philanthropic backing for the initiative.
Jul 9, 2026
Chicago's school board members made a lot of news yesterday.
Jul 2, 2026
The Supreme Court said states can bar transgender athletes from women’s and girls' sports. That’s not the end of the story.
Jun 25, 2026
In this school district, officials are delaying their guidelines for AI use amid growing backlash against the technology and the city’s draft guidance.
