Sendhil Revuluri
Chicago Board of Education President, on the Chicago ballot November 3, 2026.
Campaign site (sendhilforcps.com)
Running on
Revuluri dropped out of the race on Sept. 30, 2026, saying "the gusher of special-interest cash has crowded out the voices of real Chicagoans"; his name will still appear on the ballot. Before withdrawing, he said he was running to put students at the center of every board decision, pointing to declining enrollment, record chronic absenteeism, and two-thirds of students not reading at grade level as the problems to fix. He says the board needs to clarify its role and goals, practice student-centered governance, and focus spending on learning outcomes. He has said the board must be willing to make hard budgeting calls and has criticized what he describes as a slogan-driven approach to district funding. At a WTTW forum in September 2026 he said there are "too many schools that are too empty to give kids a quality educational experience."
Background
A former public school math teacher in the Bronx who later worked in the CPS Office of High School Teaching and Learning and on a University of Illinois Chicago math initiative. He served as an appointed member and vice president of the Chicago Board of Education under Mayor Lori Lightfoot from 2019 to 2022 and now works as a consultant and school governance coach.
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