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Good morning. Reema Amin here from Chalkbeat Chicago with lots of news to start your morning.

I spent part of yesterday covering a Chicago Board of Education meeting, but Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King wasn’t there. She and two other superintendents were busy testifying to Congress.

King faced a Republican-led education committee that grilled her with questions about gender identity, sex education, abortion — and May Day. But as my colleague Makiya reports, King answered concisely, often saying, “CPS is in compliance with Illinois state law.”

Meanwhile, back in Chicago, the board voted on renewing more than a dozen charter schools after originally delaying the vote. And state officials passed a plan to improve math education, my bureau chief Becky Vevea reports.

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CPS CEO Macquline King testified before Congress. Here are 3 key takeaways.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King and superintendents from San Francisco and Virginia testified in Congress about school policies on transgender students and sex education.

After delay, Chicago school board renews charters amid revamped oversight

The school board nearly unanimously approved longer contract terms for more than a dozen charter schools.

Illinois approves numeracy plan to improve math education

The new plan does not mandate a certain way of teaching math. Instead, it encourages schools to shift away from rote memorization and math drills toward problem-solving and student-centered learning.