By Kurt Hilgendorf, CTU policy analyst | August 15, 2019 | News
File under: governor, Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, Substitute Teachers
Last week, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed two CTU-sponsored bills into law that will help to alleviate substitute teacher shortages and improve the induction of new teachers into the profession.
By CTU Communications | August 14, 2019 | News
File under: CTU Speaks!, podcast
CHICAGO, August 14, 2019—The Chicago Teachers Union today celebrates the launch of CTU Speaks!, a monthly podcast by rank-and-file educators in Chicago Public Schools. The podcast seeks to empower and unify members through discussions about the union, Chicago’s public...
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | August 12, 2019 | News
File under: Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Contract, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
Mayor Lightfoot released her CPS budget for FY 2020 on Thursday—and it CUTS funding for school nurses, librarians and social workers, while the mayor and her CPS team increase central office staff by more than 150. This is not an equity budget. It is a Rahm budget. On...
By CTU President Jesse Sharkey | August 9, 2019 | News
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, CTU contract, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
Dear sisters and brothers: Thursday at Morgan Park High School, Mayor Lori Lightfoot leaked news of the factfinder report, saying he sides with her. WTTW has also leaked a copy of the report. Siding with Mayor Lightfoot and CPS means we will continue to have the...
By CTU Communications | August 8, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Budget, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Contract, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot
Actual numbers show cuts to social workers, school nurses, while hundreds of schools will take budget hits. CHICAGO—Chicago Teachers Union staff spent much of Thursday analyzing the budget that CPS issued today—and that Mayor Lightfoot claims produces...
By CTU Communications | August 8, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Budget, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Jesse Sharkey, Strike
Allocation decisions could cut funding to hundreds of schools, while CPS, Mayor refuse to enshrine public promises in enforceable contract. CHICAGO—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in response to CPS’ formal FY...
By CTU Communications | August 6, 2019 | News
File under: authors, educators, Toni Morrison
Her mere existence was the embodiment of the soul of Black folk as she gave complexity to the American experience in all of its splendor and suffering.
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | August 4, 2019 | News
File under: Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Contract, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
In last Thursday’s negotiations, we received counter-proposals related to clinicians, sanctuary and leaves of absence. These proposals remain inadequate. While Lightfoot publicly promised last Tuesday to increase staffing for nurses and social workers, per...
By CTU Communications | July 31, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, TIF
The mayor should do what’s right—and what can help make up for the billions of dollars that TIF abuse has robbed from our students and our schools: invest every penny of this windfall in public education.
By CTU Communications | July 30, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Arts, Bilingual Education, chicago mayor, Contract, Counselors, Lori Lightfoot, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Psychologists, Restorative Justice Coordinators, Social Workers, Special Education, Staffing, Teaching Assistants, technology, World Languages
Dear CTU Members: By now you may have heard—or even received an email from CPS—about Mayor Lightfoot’s promise to improve staffing in our public schools. Let’s be clear. Chicagoans voted for a candidate that said she would transform our public education...
