The recently appointed president of Chicago's school board resigned Thursday after media outlets uncovered multiple controversial social media posts that state and local leaders called sexist ...

“Today, I asked Chicago School Board of Education (BOE) President Reverend Mitchell Johnson for his resignation, and he resigned, effective immediately,” the mayor, who is not related to his ...

JB Pritzker on Thursday joined 40 members of the Chicago City Council and several Jewish leaders in calling for Rev. Johnson, who is not related to the mayor, to resign as school board president ...

By James Wagner A week after he was sworn into office, the president ... of the school board “must exemplify focused, inclusive, and steady leadership.” Hours later, the Chicago mayor ...

Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson, the recently appointed head of Chicago’s school board ... Rev. Johnson, president of the Chicago Board of Education for just seven days before the incident ...

The president’s resignation comes at the recommendation of the mayor, who, on Thursday, announced that he had asked Reverend Mitchell Ikenna Johnson to step down. Rev. Mitchell L. Ikenna Johnson, one ...

The recently appointed head of Chicago’s school board resigned Thursday ... The Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson, who was president of the Chicago Board of Education for just seven days, resigned ...

The posts came to light this week, with 40 members of the Chicago City Council and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker among those calling for the board president ... to lead the school board earlier ...