The immediate challenges facing the new school board members are enormous: They must ink a new deal with the teachers union, pick a new leader and confront the threat posed by President-elect Donald Trump’s promises to deport thousands of undocumented Chicagoans.

The new board members took their oaths of office and met for the first time Wednesday, many expressing hope for the future after years of work to make an elected school board a reality.

The first-ever elected Chicago Board of Education will be sworn-in Wednesday morning. A Philadelphia sports fan who went off on a misogynistic tirade against a female Green Bay Packers fan in a viral video won't be allowed to ever attend another Eagles home game.

Wednesday is the day that for the first time, members chosen by voters will join the Chicago Board of Education. One of the elected members is addressing one of the biggest challenges facing the new