Charter operator moves to unilaterally close ChicagoQuest HS, with no input from families or staff
Chicago International Charter School board continues to balk at providing a portion of $35 million in public education dollars to support long under-resourced school serving Black and Brown families 3:45 p.m., Tues., Sept. 15: Press availability, CICS educators Via...
EPIC charter educators vote overwhelmingly to unionize, join CTU
The results are overwhelming: 90 percent of rank-and-file educators at EPIC charter school have voted to unionize and join the CTU.
NLRB backs EPIC charter workers, mandates mail-in vote on workers’ bid to join CTU
Labor Board also disappoints frontline workers by excluding three from bargaining unit. CHICAGO, May 19, 2020—Educators at EPIC Academy College Prep seeking to join the Chicago Teachers Union celebrated Monday afternoon when the NLRB — the National Labor...
Educators at another South Side charter school move to unionize
Employees of the EPIC Academy charter school in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood today announced their intention to join the Chicago Teachers Union.
Bargaining Update: VICTORY at Passages Charter School! 10am Saturday at Union Park!
Educators at Passages Charter School won a tentative agreement today that enshrines in the contract key provisions that are still not settled in bargaining for educators at district-run schools. Among those are big wins on paraprofessional pay and rights as well as grievable protections for special education minutes and support.
CTU members at Passages charter to announce strike date – fourth CPS charter strike in a year
4:00 p.m., Monday., Sept. 23: Press conference Passages Charter School, 1643 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago While CEO rakes in quarter of a million dollar salary, management rejects sanctuary language for refugee and immigrant students, lowballs special ed and English...
Instead of funding classrooms, Namaste charter board to consider school closure
CHICAGO, May 28, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union leadership has learned that the board of directors at Namaste charter school in McKinley Park will consider a plan to close the school at tonight’s 5:30 p.m. meeting, in an effort to block educators at the school from...
Another charter victory: CTU members sign tentative agreement with charter operator Instituto
TA ends three day strike and wins smaller classes, wrap-around supports, sanctuary protections for immigrant students, contract protections for special education students and English language learners. CHICAGO—CTU members at charter schools are reforming the industry...
Latino Youth HS settles, strike continues at charter operator Instituto’s schools
Latino Youth strikers win sanctuary protections, mental health support, restorative justice, culturally appropriate curricula for low-income, Latinx high school students, as strike at Instituto schools continues.
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