After Leonie briefly recaps NYC education news, Cassie Creswell of Illinois Families for Public Schools explains what is happening in Chicago, where Mayor Brandon Johnson and the CEO of Chicago public schools Pedro Martinez are engaged in a bitter budget fight, leading to resignation of the entire school board, just as a new group school board members are about to be elected for the first time in the city’s history.
NYTimes, David Banks, N.Y.C. Schools Chancellor, Moves Up His Departure, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/nyregion/david-banks-schools-chancellor-resign.html
Chalkbeat NY, Departing NYC chancellor David Banks’ next act? Writing a book, https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/10/10/departing-schools-chancellor-david-banks-promises-to-write-book/
NY Daily News, Former top NYC Mayor Adams aide Sheena Wright makes cryptic post about ‘stories to tell’ after resignation https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/10/09/former-top-nyc-mayor-adams-aide-sheena-wright-makes-cryptic-post-about-stories-to-tell-after-resignation/
NY TImes, Investigators Search N.Y.P.D. School Safety Offices in Bribery Inquiry, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/nyregion/eric-adams-bribery-inquiry-school-safety.html
Education Week,A Fading School Reform? Mayoral Control Is Ending in Another City https://www.edweek.org/leadership/a-fading-school-reform-mayoral-control-is-ending-in-another-city/2023/06
WBEZ, What to know about the CPS School Board resignations and the fallout, https://www.wbez.org/education/2024/10/10/what-to-know-about-the-cps-school-board-resignations-and-the-fallout What to know about the CPS School Board resignations and the fallout