There was a heated hearing at City Hall on Wednesday as council members questioned the head of Chicago Public Schools about the district's financial problems and his growing battle with Mayor Brandon ...

The West Side neighborhood is celebrating a long-awaited project they hope will transform three schools. The project relies ...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez had the stage to himself Wednesday at City Hall, and used it to go on the offensive ...

While Martinez made the case for a slew of new revenue options, council members admonished the Chicago Public Schools' lack ...

In an exclusive sitdown, Cristina Pacione-Zayas invited WGN to City Hall’s 5th floor to, in her words, “clear the air.” ...

There is a City Council committee meeting on the Chicago Public Schools budget Wednesday at City Hall. CPS CEO Pedro Martinez is speaking before Council members in an Education Committee hearing to ...

Chicago alderpeople peppered CPS CEO Pedro Martinez with questions about the district’s budget, the idea of a short-term loan ...

What happened: CPS CEO Pedro Martinez did show up and took questions from alders who variously suggested that he was too frugal or too liberal on school spending, especially on more than 100 schools ...

Pedro Martinez became the focus of the council's ire in a meeting originally slated for questioning outgoing and incoming members of the Board of Education on the ongoing drama.

Alderpeople have pushed for a public hearing after the entire school board resigned this month. But only CPS chief Pedro ...

The budget shortfall faced by Chicago Public Schools has taken center-stage during a City Council Education Committee meeting ...