At a Tuesday press conference, Doran announced a petition drive to call for a Chicago reform Commission which would draft a City Charter. “We are the third largest city in the U.S.,” he said.

The Chicago Board of Education voted Thursday to renew the contracts of 16 charter operators with 21 campuses around the city set to expire at the end of June.

Also, the district has imposed a freeze on new charter schools as part of its 2019-2024 labor agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union, giving traditional public schools — and the CTU — a ...