Mila Koumpilova
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- Sep 23, 2026
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Chicago School Board member Jessica Biggs faces scrutiny over 2018 firing as she runs for president's seat (opens the original)
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This story was reported and published in collaboration with Chalkbeat Chicago. Jessica Biggs holds up her work leading a South Side elementary school as a top reason voters should pick her in an intense four-way race for Chicago’s first elected school board president. That’s even though she was fired from that job as principal at Burke Elementary in 2018, and until recently, was banned from working in Chicago Public Schools. Biggs, a current school board member, has long maintained she was termi
Chicago school board looks at possible preschool expansion, despite opposition from district leadership (opens the original)
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Editor's note: This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters The Chicago school board is weighing a resolution to explore offering full-day preschool to all 3-year-olds and shifting how it provides services for young children with disabilities. The resolution, drafted by board member Anusha Thotakura, would give the district until next summer to study how families access early childhood programs and how it can better meet their needs befor
Chicago school board candidates sign pledge to ban AI use in schools (opens the original)
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Editor's note: This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Roughly half of the 45 candidates running for the Chicago school board have signed a pledge to adopt a three-year ban on artificial intelligence use by CPS students and educators. Crafted by a local nonprofit, the pledge also calls for eliminating school screen time before third grade and limiting it in later grades. It demands that the district hire a chief privacy officer and b
A divided Chicago school board adds referendums on new revenue to November ballot (opens the original)
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Editor's note: This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters For the first time in its history, Chicagoâs school board voted Thursday to put two questions on the November ballot gauging voter opinions on proposals to bring in more money for the deficit-plagued district. One referendum would ask voters if they support a statewide millionaires tax to raise money for public education. The other would ask if they would favor a new financial
Spending in Chicago school board election exceeds $1.8 million as limits lift in race for board president (opens the original)
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This story was published in partnership with Chalkbeat Chicago. Campaign fundraising in the race to serve on Chicago’s first fully elected school board is picking up momentum, with $1.8 million raised since last October and contribution caps now lifted in the competition for president. A WBEZ and Chalkbeat analysis of money candidates received from Oct. 1, 2025 to June 30 found the majority of that total – $1.2 million — went to people running to lead the 21-member board. The board president is
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