Founded in December 2024, Board Rule keeps tabs on the Chicago Board of Education and related issues in Chicago Public Schools.
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Updated matrix from @FrankCalabrese
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An under-discussed result of the Chicago School Board election was a high degree of 'ticket-splitting', where districts backed a CTU-endorsee for the Board, while backing CTU-opposed Jessica @biggs4chicago for Board President. 6 (maybe 7?) districts saw this (of 20!) #twill
To no one's surprise, the incoming Chicago school board will have to figure out how to work together. But promising signs of consensus are emerging on some major issues. Learn more in today's Board Rule. board-rule.ghost.io/how-will…
Welch was the linchpin on which CTU-allied members made their case to amend the CPS budget to include $150 million in additional state money. This makes the prospects of getting that money in veto session appear even slimmer.
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Civic Federation is thrilled to welcome @LeighGiangreco to the team as our new Director of Communications!
With over a decade of experience writing for leading publications, Leigh brings invaluable experience in media strategy and storytelling.
We are excited to have you and look forward to the impactful work ahead!
It’s a great week for civics in Chicago.
I voted in the city’s historic school board election and started my new job as the director of communications at the @CivicFederation !
Noteworthy: 10 of @SEIULocal73 's 16 endorsed candidates won their seats, including the president and 4 candidates with no opponent on the ballot. seiu73.org/election-2026/
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"Sisters are doing it for themselves. The number of men on the Chicago Board of Education will drop from eight to five when the newly elected board takes office. Seven races featured a head-to-head matchup between a man and a woman, and the women won six of them."
Last night, Chicago voters "leveled the playing field" between the Chicago Teachers Union and opponents on the Board of Education, said West Side parent advocate Claiborne Wade.
And, who showed up at whose watch party? Learn more in today's Board Rule: board-rule.ghost.io/chicago-…
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Chicago School Board election map:
🔴 9 districts for CTU candidates
🔵 9 districts for anti CTU candidates
⚪ 2 districts too close to call (3B & 6A) – at Chicago, IL
.@MilaKoumpilova got a way better photo of this than I did.
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"We will focus on student learning, starting with reading and math in the earliest grades, because a child who reads well by 3rd grade has a path that a struggling reader often never finds."
Chicago school board president-elect Jessica Biggs on the board she plans to lead
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When she takes office in January, Biggs will lead a 21-member board grappling with mounting budget deficits, declining enrollment and contentious decisions over the future of underenrolled schools.
hpherald.com/evening_digest/…
Last night, Chicago voters "leveled the playing field" between the Chicago Teachers Union and opponents on the Board of Education, said West Side parent advocate Claiborne Wade.
And, who showed up at whose watch party? Learn more in today's Board Rule: board-rule.ghost.io/chicago-…
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If current numbers hold, it looks as if School Board President-elect Jessica Biggs will lead an evenly divided 20 member board between CTU and non-CTU candidates. If those loyalties stand - CTU will lose its majority on the board as Biggs would cast the tie-breaking vote on policies like the budget. CPS is in for some very contentious and interesting school board meetings in the coming months and years.
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This is the line for Chicago’s downtown voting super site at 3:30pm. It wraps from 137 S. State St. all the way around State, Monroe and halfway down the block on Wabash.
The wait time? 2 hours 10 minutes according to the person at the front of the line.
📹 for @BlockClubCHI
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In a historic first for Chicago, all 21 school board seats will be on the November ballot. The board was previously composed of seven mayoral appointees, but is currently in a two-year transition period, split between 10 elected and 11 appointed members. chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
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An election worker at the polling site tells NBC 5 they repeatedly told the Dominguez campaign representatives to stand outside the buffer zone and eventually called the police.
Another way to keep up with Chicago school board results: @chalkbeatCHI 's page: chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/1…
