CPS CEO Martinez defends district's response to false report of ICE agents at South Side school
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez defended the district's response to Friday's false ICE report at a school with over 90% Latino students, while an alderperson blamed CPS for spreading unnecessary panic.
CPS says ICE agents ‘showed up' at Chicago school, Secret Service says it was them
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen at a Chicago school Friday afternoon, according to officials with the city's public school district, though a spokesperson for the agency denied such an encounter.
Chicago school officials mistake Secret Service for ICE
Chicago Public Schools officials incorrectly said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents attempted to enter a South Side elementary school Friday and were turned away. After CPS made the announcement,
False report of ICE at school 'unfortunate misunderstanding': CPS CEO
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez answered questions about the report that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were at Hamline Elementary School Friday. The I-Team later confirmed they were from the U.
Secret Service agents, not ICE, visited Chicago school, officials say amid deportation fears
In a statement Friday evening, Chicago Public Schools leaders said that after their initial comments went out about ICE agents, they learned the agents were from the Secret Service. The false alarm heightened fears among immigrant communities in the country's third-largest city.
Pedro Martinez timeline: A look at the CEO’s milestones — and demise — with CPS
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez was fired in late December, clearing the way for Mayor Brandon Johnson to install a ...
CPS head speaks out after ‘misunderstanding' involving Secret Service agents
The CEO of Chicago Public Schools on Saturday addressed the incident at a Southwest Side elementary school in which U.S. Secret Service agents were mistaken for Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
How we captured this photo of CPS CEO Pedro Martinez taking questions from reporters
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share This week’s top photo comes from Visual Journalist Anthony Vazquez. Follow him on Instagram. I like this image because of the haunting tone. Chicago Public Schools CEO ...
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Chicago teachers strike threat elevated as CTU leader cries foul
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates says a fact-finding process underway now is “stacked against” the CTU, ...
Editorial: What will the mayor do if the Chicago Teachers Union he used to work for takes to the picket lines? Join them?
After nine months of ham-fisted stabs at power politics, the Chicago Teachers Union’s leadership says a strike is likely.
CPS on the ‘financial brink’ and state takeover shouldn’t be out of the question, Civic Federation report says
Chicago Public Schools is on the financial brink and the state should consider taking over, according to budget watchdog ...
What can CPS schools and parents do in the face of Donald Trump’s mass deportation threat?
Chicago Public Schools does not allow immigration officers into schools without a criminal warrant. Experts weigh in on how ...
Chicago Public Schools CEO Martinez, Cardinal Cupich address immigration raid worries
The Trump administration revoked a policy that prohibited arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at or ...
CPS and CTU start ‘fact-finding’ in an attempt to settle monthslong contract negotiations
Since being established in state law in 2010, the fact-finding process has been used three times. In two of those cases, teachers ultimately went on strike.