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On December 8, 2017, Jackson took office as the interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools, after Forest Claypool resigned. She was soon after made permanent CEO by the Chicago Board of Education (the city's school board). Jackson was the first head of the Chicago Public Schools in two decades to have had direct experience as an educator.
The Chicago Board of Education serves as the board of education (school board) for the Chicago Public Schools . The board traces its origins to the Board of School Inspectors, created in 1837. The board is currently appointed solely by the mayor of Chicago. Between 2024 and 2027, the board is slated to transition to consist entirely of elected ...
The Chicago Board of Education is led by a president. [2] The current President of the Chicago Board of Education is Jianan Shi. [1] Since the 1995 Chicago School Reform Amendatory Act went into effect, the president has been directly appointed by the mayor of Chicago, rather than being elected among the members of the board. [3]
Signaling a paradigm shift in a school system largely shaped by choice, the Chicago Board of Education passed a resolution Thursday to prioritize neighborhood schools in Chicago Public Schools ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has chosen a former teacher and head of a prominent parents advocacy group to lead the Board of Education — part of Johnson’s near-total restructuring of the ...
Chicago Public Schools ( CPS ), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, [5] in Chicago, Illinois, is the fourth-largest [6] school district in the United States, after New York, Los Angeles, and Miami-Dade County. For the 2020–21 school year, CPS reported overseeing 638 schools ...
Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools. Chicago Public Schools is headed by a chief executive officer (CEO) appointed by the mayor of Chicago. Currently serving as CEO is Pedro Martinez. This job is equivalent to a superintendent, and, before 1995, the occupant of this office was known as the "superintendent of Chicago Public Schools".
Paul Gust Vallas Sr. (VAL-iss; born June 10, 1953) is an American politician and former education superintendent.He served as the superintendent of the Bridgeport Public Schools and the Recovery School District of Louisiana, the CEO of both the School District of Philadelphia and the Chicago Public Schools, and a budget director for the city of Chicago.