Maureen Kelleher
@KelleherMaureen
Chicago. Education. Writing. https://board-rule.ghost.io/ Priors: @FutureEdGu, @brightbeamntwk. Also on Bluesky: @[email protected]
I sure hope reporters and editors at the @nytimes read this story. It's the most accurate reporting I have seen on how trans health works for minors. stltoday.com/news/local/met…
I'm grateful for the meeting and a very substantive conversation with @Pontifex. We value all the support and every prayer for peace in Ukraine. The proposal to hold meetings at the level of leaders at the Vatican remains open and entirely possible, with the goal of stopping…
In a Friday afternoon letter, Chicago Public Schools detailed ways in which families will feel this summer's cost-cutting on their campuses in the fall, including: - fewer hot school meals - slower building & technology repairs - fewer crossing guards chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…
Board Rule Special Edition: what you should know about next week's hearing on Chicago Public Schools finances. Click here to read the full story: board-rule.ghost.io/special-editio…
Today, @chicagotribune laid off five guild staff members in a roughly 10% cut to our newsroom. These layoffs underscore a sad but unsurprising failure of leadership by Alden Global Capital, our hedge fund owner, and local management.
I was laid off today by the Chicago Tribune as were several talented colleagues. I was able to report several dream stories during my year or so there, but partially, I had that freedom because “leadership” is completely absentee unless it affects their bottom line.
.@radbrowndads went deep on all angles of Chicago’s vibrant food scene way beyond the plate — the economic, cultural and political winds that power it, but also the fun and community that springs up around it.
Beautiful, heartbreaking piece about the real costs of the CPS budget crisis from @katecperez_ chicagotribune.com/2025/07/24/cps…
Cut, Borrow, or Squeeze $ from State, City? What parents, teachers, and finance gurus have to say about plugging the $734 million budget hole in Chicago Public Schools: board-rule.ghost.io/vexed-choices-…
New: Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules when he arrived at the Texas-Mexico border. Then Trump rewrote them. With @propublica, @cazamosfakenews & Alianza Rebelde…
Several state Head Start associations and parent groups are challenging a Trump administration effort to bar undocumented children from Head Start. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/16/adv…
Analysis: Transit's fiscal cliff will be $225 million smaller than expected because of state's online sales tax expansion capitolfax.com/2025/07/16/ana…
Ald Walter Burnett’s final floor speech: “I thank this mayor … I gave Paul Vallas money, I worked hard against you man, and you still made me vice mayor. And that’s a credit to your humility that’s a credit to the God inside you and that’s why I will always be committed to you.”
Longtime WBBM City Hall reporter @CraigDellimore was recognized at City Hall today with the press corp's radio room being named after him. We'll miss you here, but a big congratulations on your retirement, sir!
Standing ovation for Craig Dellimore at City Hall today. For you we would sit through 1,000 more City Council meetings 🫡
Don't miss this week's Board Rule! Budget Convos: The West Side Is the Best Side...So Far board-rule.ghost.io/budget-convos-…
The second part of our lead pipe series aired on @WBEZ today. Chicago was supposed to send about 900,000 warnings to tenants, homeowners and landlords about their lead pipe. We found that more than 90% of at-risk homes have yet hear anything from the city.
Supreme Court allows mass layoffs at Education Department as Trump seeks to close the agency ow.ly/g16N106fMGz
The mayor at Gospel Fest!
The Soul of Chicago was on full display at Gospel Fest! Building community through music tonight truly makes me feel the bright hope for our city.
How did the Chicago Board of Education do in Q2? What decisions were made, and how did they spend their air time? Check out this week's Board Rule for a second-quarter report card: board-rule.ghost.io/grading-the-sc…
At Q&A, Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for “a more enriched conversation around how local control over progressive revenue streams can meet the demands of this moment.” He says in follow-up he means giving the city power to pass taxes that would normally go thru state legislature
CPS says it does not yet know the impact of this. According to CPS's budget website, CPS was slated to receive at least $90.5M in FY25 for the federal funding streams that Illinois education officials say are on hold. cps.edu/about/finance/…
The Trump administration is withholding ~$7B from K-12 schools, @kalynbelsha reports. That includes: -$2.2B for teacher training -$1.4B for before- and after-school programs -$1.3B for academic enrichment programs -*All* $890M for English learners chalkbeat.org/2025/07/01/tru…
NEW: How Trump's "big, beautiful" bill will affect children & schools. House just passed the bill (with all Dem's and 2 Republicans voting no) & Trump is set to sign: chalkbeat.org/2025/07/03/how…