<p>An investigation into who was responsible for <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/01/06/cps-board-investigation-leaks-media-of-internal-board-information-chicago-board-education" >leaking internal Chicago Board of Education information to the media</a> was unable to reach a conclusion, according to a report released Thursday.</p><p>Two board members, Ellen Rosenfeld and Che “Rhymefest” Smith, refused to participate in the investigation, while the other 18 board members swore to investigators that they were not the source of the leaks, the law firm hired to conduct the investigation wrote in the report. The investigators did not have subpoena power.</p><p>Rosenfeld told WBEZ in response to questions Friday that she didn’t participate because she did not leak information. “I knew it wasn’t me,” she wrote in a text.