By CTU Communications | August 5, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Janice Jackson, Lori Lightfoot, Remote Learning
We have 35 days until students report to school, and CPS must immediately start planning transparently and in partnership with our union to provide every student the educational, social and emotional supports they need to learn and grow.
By CTU Communications | July 31, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, Remote Learning
Black and Brown residents continue to bear burden of COVID-19 cases in Chicago, as cases inch up and new studies show young children can be significant sources of COVID-19 spread. 11:00 a.m. Car Caravan assembles: CTU HQ, 1901 W Carroll, Chicago 11:15 a.m.: Press...
By CTU Communications | July 24, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, pandemic
Mayor’s ‘budget-neutral’ plan for desperately under-resourced school communities lacks adequate safety protections as COVID-19 pandemic grows. CHICAGO, July 24—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in...
By CTU Communications | July 21, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, pandemic, school reopening
Mayor’s hybrid school plan falls short on safety for CPS’ overwhelmingly Black and Brown students, whose neighborhoods have borne brunt of COVID-19 deaths as August evictions loom and parents are being unsafely pushed back into workforce. 9:00 a.m. Car...
By CTU Communications | July 17, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Jesse Sharkey, Right to Recovery, Stacy Davis Gates
Mayor’s ‘budget-neutral’ plan for desperately under-resourced school communities fails to provide adequate safety protections as deadly pandemic spreads. CHICAGO, July 17—The Chicago Teachers Union issued the following statement today in response to...
By CTU Communications | July 6, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: #PoliceFreeSchools, COVID-19, Gun Violence, police, trauma
People need more equity and justice, not more cops, to address consequences of joblessness and hopelessness that drive violence. CHICAGO, July 6—The Chicago Teachers Union issued the following statement today in response to another devastating weekend of violence and...
By CTU Communications | June 24, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Elected Representative School Board, Lori Lightfoot, rubber stamp
Battle to win real equity and justice for students and Chicago neighborhoods is just beginning. CHICAGO, June 24—The Chicago Teachers Union issued the following statement this afternoon in response to the vote by a majority of Mayor Lightfoot’s hand-picked board...
By Chris Geovanis | June 23, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: chicago mayor, COVID-19, ISBE, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot
Safety for students and their educators must be top priority for CPS fall school re-openings. CHICAGO—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement in response to the release today of new ISBE guidance re opening schools this fall. “While Governor...
By Chris Geovanis | June 22, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: #DefundThePolice, #PoliceFreeSchools, Chicago police, SQRP: School Quality Rating Policy
CHICAGO, June 22, 2020—The Chicago Teachers Union released the following statement today in response to Chicago Public Schools’ continued refusal to address concerns over policing in the city’s public schools: Young Black organizers throughout our city—and...
By Chris Geovanis | June 22, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: #DefundThePolice, #PoliceFreeSchools, Chicago police, COVID-19, police
CPS’ distorted funding priorities sacrifice critical supports for students to instead bankroll harmful policing practices. Noon, Wednesday, July 24 Car Caravans/marches: Marchers assembling at Federal Plaza, Dearborn and Adams; car caravan assembling near Grace...
