CPS, Pedro Martinez and City Council
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez defends his school budget plans in City Council hearing
While Martinez made the case for a slew of new revenue options, Council members admonished the Chicago Public Schools' lack of a plan for the end of pandemic relief funding this year.
Pedro Martinez showcases TIF funding for CPS schools in North Lawndale amid CTU strife
There were skeletons on every table in the Collins Academy High School classroom in North Lawndale Tuesday morning, as students carefully placed Play-Doh muscles over the human figurines while glancing at models on their open laptops.
School board members no-shows at City Council hearing, embattled CPS CEO Pedro Martinez answers questions
The budget shortfall faced by Chicago Public Schools took center-stage during a heated City Council Education Committee meeting Wednesday at City Hall, but no school board members — outgoing or incoming — were on-hand to address it.
Chicago school board members don't show up for City Council hearing on CPS turmoil
Aldermen expressed frustration and disappointment that school board members didn't show up to discuss the mayor's shakeup of the school board.
CPS School Board: The race in the Far Northwest Side’s District 1
Two educators with similar views on school choice and against borrowing — despite one with backing from CTU, the other from charter leaders — vie for this seat.
Embattled CPS CEO Pedro Martinez touts district's results during visit to Northwest Side high school
The head of Chicago Public Schools spoke with students at a Northwest Side high school Thursday, one day after fielding questions about the district and the state of its finances at a City Council meeting.
School board members a no-show at City Council meeting on CPS woes
Chicago school board members past and present were invited to City Hall on Wednesday to talk about the ongoing turmoil at the Chicago Public Schools, but none of those board members showed up. The meeting then turned into a chance for aldermen to press CPS chief executive officer Pedro Martinez about the district's budget woes.
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Paul Lisnek on Trump and Harris' campaigns, the latest on the feud between Mayor Brandon Johnson and CPS CEP Pedro Martinez, and more
Paul Lisnek on Trump and Harris' campaigns, the latest on the feud between Mayor Brandon Johnson and CPS CEP Pedro Martinez, ...
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Chicago Public Schools' CEO Pedro Martinez Defends Budget Amid Shortfall, Seeks $484M from TIF Surplus
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez defended the district's budget amid financial challenges, proposing to use TIF surplus funds.
Pedro Martinez defends CPS work to aldermen in contentious hearing
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez had the stage to himself Wednesday at City Hall, and used it to go on the offensive ...
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CPS chief Pedro Martinez on his battle with Mayor Brandon Johnson: ‘I never picked this fight’
I always supported the mayor because he was the person that said, ‘We need to invest more in our schools,’” Pedro Martinez ...
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CPS CEO Martinez claims Mayor Johnson rejected funding request amid budget dispute
CEO Pedro Martinez claims he asked Mayor Brandon Johnson for money to fund a CPS pension payment and raises for teachers, but ...
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Pedro Martinez banks on TIF to balance the CPS budget. City Council isn't so sure.
Aldermen say it's unlikely they'll approve delaying or canceling economic development projects in order to give Chicago ...
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to speak before City Council committee on budget Wednesday
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez will speak before Council members in an Education Committee hearing to discuss the district's budget.
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In the Stockholm Open Round of 32 on Tuesday, we have a matchup of No. 113-ranked Laslo Djere versus No. 45 Pedro Martinez.In ...
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to speak during City Council committee hearing Wednesday morning
Embattled CPS CEO Pedro Martinez will appear before City Council members during an Education Committee subject matter hearing on the district’s budget. At the heart of the ongoing turmoil in CPS ...
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Martinez's gambit to fund CPS: Crain's Daily Gist podcast
Crain’s politics reporter Justin Laurence talks with host Amy Guth on Pedro Martinez, who's locked in a power struggle with ...