Volume 85, Issue 4
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Features
CTU Bilingual Committee works to ensure English learners are more than an afterthought
Our 2019 strike won historic improvements in bilingual education. It creates a tuition reimbursement for earning a bilingual or ESL endorsement and includes new professional development for ELL teachers. It allocates positions based on the number of students needing services and protects bilingual educators from being pulled for other tasks, such as lunch duty classroom coverage. These wins can help us support our bilingual students but only if we know how to enforce them.
“Reparations Won” in the Classroom
Against the Current Magazine interviewed CTU members Will Weaver and Lauren Bianchi about their experience in implementing the Reparations Won curriculum.
Parent support teachers’ — and their unions’ — handling of pandemic schooling
Despite what you hear on cable news, the vast majority of the nation’s parents give their public schools and teachers high marks for their heroic response to the pandemic.
Class Size grievance win nets $61K for ASPIRA charter teachers
Eleven members at ASPIRA Business and Finance High School (ABF) will receive compensation for class size violations totaling $61,000. That’s thanks to a settlement of two outstanding grievances defending important class size limits won in their 2018 contract.
President’s message: Honoring Dr. King’s legacy
When we fight for the schools Chicago children deserve, we are embracing Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision and proudly upholding his legacy.
On the front lines: Interview with CTU member Faith Mitchell of Carnegie Elementary School
Dennis Kosuth, a CTU school nurse, interviewed Faith Mitchell, a CTU member and second grade teacher at Carnegie Elementary, to talk about her experience with the COVID crisis at her school, which saw a beloved staff member succumb to he virus as it raged through the school building.
Rank-and-file support pushes Acero to agree to important safety protocols
An outpouring of rank-and-file support for common sense safety provisions empowered CTU’s bargaining team at Acero charter school to win some critical safety demands that are protecting both high school and elementary educators as they return to in-person instruction.
Building safety through solidarity
Our union fought for months to land enforceable safety guardrails, because we know they work to protect students and staff from COVID-19. Now, members are using those tools to enforce safety in our buildings.
More than 2,000 teachers across the U.S. earn National Board Certification and Chicago leads the pack
Chicago boasts the third highest number of new National Board Certified Teachers of any district in the nation, improving the culture and learning for vast numbers of students, schools and communities.
CTU Bilingual Committee works to ensure English learners are more than an afterthought
Our 2019 strike won historic improvements in bilingual education. It creates a tuition reimbursement for earning a bilingual or ESL endorsement and includes new professional development for ELL teachers. It allocates positions based on the number of students needing services and protects bilingual educators from being pulled for other tasks, such as lunch duty classroom coverage. These wins can help us support our bilingual students but only if we know how to enforce them.
“Reparations Won” in the Classroom
Against the Current Magazine interviewed CTU members Will Weaver and Lauren Bianchi about their experience in implementing the Reparations Won curriculum.
Parent support teachers’ — and their unions’ — handling of pandemic schooling
Despite what you hear on cable news, the vast majority of the nation’s parents give their public schools and teachers high marks for their heroic response to the pandemic.
Class Size grievance win nets $61K for ASPIRA charter teachers
Eleven members at ASPIRA Business and Finance High School (ABF) will receive compensation for class size violations totaling $61,000. That’s thanks to a settlement of two outstanding grievances defending important class size limits won in their 2018 contract.
President’s message: Honoring Dr. King’s legacy
When we fight for the schools Chicago children deserve, we are embracing Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision and proudly upholding his legacy.
On the front lines: Interview with CTU member Faith Mitchell of Carnegie Elementary School
Dennis Kosuth, a CTU school nurse, interviewed Faith Mitchell, a CTU member and second grade teacher at Carnegie Elementary, to talk about her experience with the COVID crisis at her school, which saw a beloved staff member succumb to he virus as it raged through the school building.
Rank-and-file support pushes Acero to agree to important safety protocols
An outpouring of rank-and-file support for common sense safety provisions empowered CTU’s bargaining team at Acero charter school to win some critical safety demands that are protecting both high school and elementary educators as they return to in-person instruction.
Building safety through solidarity
Our union fought for months to land enforceable safety guardrails, because we know they work to protect students and staff from COVID-19. Now, members are using those tools to enforce safety in our buildings.
More than 2,000 teachers across the U.S. earn National Board Certification and Chicago leads the pack
Chicago boasts the third highest number of new National Board Certified Teachers of any district in the nation, improving the culture and learning for vast numbers of students, schools and communities.
Departments
CTU Bilingual Committee works to ensure English learners are more than an afterthought
“Reparations Won” in the Classroom
Parent support teachers’ — and their unions’ — handling of pandemic schooling
Class Size grievance win nets $61K for ASPIRA charter teachers
President’s message: Honoring Dr. King’s legacy
On the front lines: Interview with CTU member Faith Mitchell of Carnegie Elementary School
Rank-and-file support pushes Acero to agree to important safety protocols
Building safety through solidarity
More than 2,000 teachers across the U.S. earn National Board Certification and Chicago leads the pack
In Brief
CTU Bilingual Committee works to ensure English learners are more than an afterthought
Our 2019 strike won historic improvements in bilingual education. It creates a tuition reimbursement for earning a bilingual or ESL endorsement and includes new professional development for ELL teachers. It allocates positions based on the number of students needing services and protects bilingual educators from being pulled for other tasks, such as lunch duty classroom coverage. These wins can help us support our bilingual students but only if we know how to enforce them.
“Reparations Won” in the Classroom
Against the Current Magazine interviewed CTU members Will Weaver and Lauren Bianchi about their experience in implementing the Reparations Won curriculum.
Parent support teachers’ — and their unions’ — handling of pandemic schooling
Despite what you hear on cable news, the vast majority of the nation’s parents give their public schools and teachers high marks for their heroic response to the pandemic.
Class Size grievance win nets $61K for ASPIRA charter teachers
Eleven members at ASPIRA Business and Finance High School (ABF) will receive compensation for class size violations totaling $61,000. That’s thanks to a settlement of two outstanding grievances defending important class size limits won in their 2018 contract.
President’s message: Honoring Dr. King’s legacy
When we fight for the schools Chicago children deserve, we are embracing Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision and proudly upholding his legacy.
On the front lines: Interview with CTU member Faith Mitchell of Carnegie Elementary School
Dennis Kosuth, a CTU school nurse, interviewed Faith Mitchell, a CTU member and second grade teacher at Carnegie Elementary, to talk about her experience with the COVID crisis at her school, which saw a beloved staff member succumb to he virus as it raged through the school building.
Rank-and-file support pushes Acero to agree to important safety protocols
An outpouring of rank-and-file support for common sense safety provisions empowered CTU’s bargaining team at Acero charter school to win some critical safety demands that are protecting both high school and elementary educators as they return to in-person instruction.
Building safety through solidarity
Our union fought for months to land enforceable safety guardrails, because we know they work to protect students and staff from COVID-19. Now, members are using those tools to enforce safety in our buildings.
More than 2,000 teachers across the U.S. earn National Board Certification and Chicago leads the pack
Chicago boasts the third highest number of new National Board Certified Teachers of any district in the nation, improving the culture and learning for vast numbers of students, schools and communities.
