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Kate Armanini

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education reporter @ChicagoTribune | 📨 karmanini@chicagotribune.com

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Last Front PageMAY 15, 2026Latest appearance

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CPS plans to cut teaching staff

Exact number of eliminated positions unclear as district tries to close $732.5 million deficit

View Front PageChicago Tribune • MAY 13, 2026

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Fundraising heats up in races for city’s school board

For the first time, all 21 seats will be up for election in November

Chicago Tribune•MAY 15, 2026

Objective preview of local electoral dynamics focusing on campaign finance milestones.

Union, board decry cuts

CTU, advocates urge more funding from state to close gap

Chicago Tribune•MAY 14, 2026

Details local pushback against proposed school budget cuts, shifting the focus toward state legislators to cover the financial shortfall.

CPS plans to cut teaching staff

Exact number of eliminated positions unclear as district tries to close $732.5 million deficit

Chicago Tribune•MAY 13, 2026•Lead Story

The paper frames the story primarily as an administrative and budgetary challenge, emphasising the scale of the financial deficit while noting the ongoing uncertainty regarding the precise impact on classrooms.

Always up for debate

The pandemic shrank Lindblom Math & Science Academy’s pioneering debate club. Now its ambitious co-captains are trying to build membership and mount a comeback

Chicago Tribune•MAY 11, 2026

A prominent, optimistic human-interest feature focusing on the rebuilding of a local high school's debate club after pandemic-era disruptions.

Students help bring solar energy to their school

Panel installation focus of internship at Carver Military Academy

Chicago Tribune•APR 22, 2026

Highlights a local, positive educational initiative involving high school students in a green energy installation project.

Some CPS parents push against May Day deal

Rally at Pilsen school airs concerns about civic engagement day

With:Audrey Pachuta

Chicago Tribune•APR 21, 2026

Highlights local parental pushback against a school district's decision to incorporate a civic engagement day into the calendar.

CTU agrees to May Day compromise

Students, staff will be able to attend rallies

With:Alice Yin

Chicago Tribune•APR 18, 2026

Outlines a municipal labor agreement allowing school staff and students to attend civic rallies without cancelling classes.

Chicago Theological Seminary stops admitting new students

170-year-old institution facing mounting financial woes

With:Rebecca Johnson

Chicago Tribune•APR 15, 2026

Reports on the financial difficulties of a historic local religious institution, emphasizing its long abolitionist history and current strategic pause.

Decision on May 1 closure up in air

‘Civic Day of Action’ ruling faces pressure from union, City Hall

Chicago Tribune•APR 10, 2026

Outlines a procedural standoff between Chicago Public Schools leadership and the teachers union regarding scheduling and a proposed 'Civic Day of Action'.

Dearth of Latino leaders grows

Official's departure comes amid calls for more representation

Chicago Tribune•APR 3, 2026

Highlights demographic disparities in local school leadership amid ongoing administrative reshuffling.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Kate Armanini in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.