Anusha Thotakura

Anusha Thotakura is the appointed Chicago Board of Education member for District 6A and executive director of Citizen Action/Illinois, a progressive policy coalition.¹ She previously taught bilingual middle school math.²

On the board, she drafted a resolution to study offering full-day preschool for 3-year-olds and providing special education services in private child care settings.³ She says she sponsored the Healthy Green Schools resolution for clean energy and building improvements.⁴ Her priorities include raising reading and math scores and increasing public data on academic progress.⁴ She voted for a Chicago Public Schools budget without high-cost borrowing, and later voted to amend a budget based on expected additional state money.⁴