By CTU Communications | January 15, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Chicago City Council, Housing, Roberto Maldonado, The 606
Let this action serve as the beginning of a positive trend that halts the exodus of families from Chicago, and allows our schools to develop programs that support every child’s chance to succeed.
By CTU House of Delegates | January 8, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Aaron Ortiz, Celina Villanueva, Delia Ramirez, Jaime Andrade, Justin Slaughter, Kam Buckner, Kim Foxx, Lakesia Collins, Lindsey LaPointe, Mary Flowers, Michelle Darbro, Nidia Carranza, Omar Williams, Rob Martwick, Robert Peters, Theresa Mah
The CTU House of Delegates voted at its January 8, 2020 House of Delegates meeting to make 10 endorsements for the March 17, 2020 election in addition to the seven endorsements it made at its December meeting.
By CTU Communications | December 16, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Discrimination, Lawsuit, Layoffs, Turnarounds
Black educators will hold a press conference today to discuss the Union’s pending federal class-action lawsuits against Chicago Public Schools that challenge the district’s 2011 layoffs and school turnaround actions from 2006 to present.
By CTU Communications | December 9, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Virtual Charter School, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Frazier Preparatory Academy Charter School, School Closings
The proposed closure of Chicago Virtual and Frazier Preparatory Academy charter schools is an admission of failure by the district, and a continued attack on the lives of the city’s Black and Brown children.
By CTU Communications | November 27, 2019 | Press Release
File under: Facilities, School Closings
So this is how a school—one with more than 40 years of history that includes a state champion girls basketball team, multiple city champion debate teams, a featured role in the video for a single on a Grammy-nominated album and myriad positive impacts on thousands of students and families’ lives—officially ends?
By CTU Communications | November 26, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Budget, Chicago, Chicago City Council, City Budget, Lori Lightfoot
We should be expecting more from those whom the people elected to lead, but sadly, we have come to expect less from all levels of city government. Today was no exception.
By CTU Communications | November 15, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Strike, Tentative Agreement
New contract includes historic language to cut class sizes, put nurse and social worker in every school. CHICAGO, Nov. 15, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union members voted today to accept the tentative agreement they won in the wake of their historic eleven day strike. With...
By CTU Communications | November 8, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Asian Human Services, charter operator, Contract, Craig Maki, immigrant, Passages, refugee, Special Education
New contract cements protections for immigrant and special education students, raises wage floor and rights for educators to levels in CPS district-run schools. CHICAGO, Nov. 8, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union members at Passages charter school voted unanimously today to...
By CTU Communications | November 8, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, educational justice, Enrollment, Equity, SBB: School Based Budgeting, SQRP: School Quality Rating Policy, student-based budgeting
City Hall has power to reverse hostility to needs of ordinary residents—and must muster political will to support real equity and economic justice. CHICAGO, November 8, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in...
By CTU Communications | November 1, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Board of Education, Chicago Board of Education, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, Strike
Today, we return to classrooms with real and lasting change for our students and the people of this city.
