The mayor hopes to pressure Springfield into fully funding Chicago Public Schools. There's no guarantee it will work, and his relationship with Gov. JB Pritzker already is strained.

Later, at Benito Juarez High School, the support of teachers, counselors and community members led me to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I fully realized how education could transform my life.

Another public bargaining session was held Tuesday between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union. Talks resumed with CPS CEO Pedro Martinez campaigning to save his job. WGN's Tahman Bradley has more.