CTU educators: We won’t be bullied against teaching the truth about Chicago, U.S. history
Despite persistent concerns about safety and stability, and only about 25% of new safety agreement landed as delta surges, educators eager to return to school communities to teach honest history. 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 28: Press availability at “Teach...CTU lands vital school safety committees, but Mayor’s CPS team drags on settling full safety agreement
Educators eager to return to school communities — but flag ongoing concerns about safety and stability, with only about 25% of new safety agreement completed as delta variant drives Chicago caseload to nearly 500 cases/day. 7:00 a.m. Monday, August 23: Press...Mayor’s CPS team drags on safety guarantees as delta spreads and clerks return to schools
CPS continues to insist on rolling back last year’s health and safety protocols even as the delta variant is filling hospitals around the country with children at the highest rate since the pandemic began and Chicago cases top 400/day — last year’s cut-off for...More safety commitments needed following CPS vaccination mandate
District’s response to Union’s August 10 proposal for vaccination mandate for teachers and staff will establish employee vaccination policy, but CPS must do more to provide safety and recovery to school communities.
CPS walks back promise to test all for COVID on eve of CTU bargaining forum
Mayor’s CPS team refuses to bargain Wednesday, after demanding that the Union bargain daily. 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 11: Open bargaining update, La Villita Church, 2300 S. Millard, Chicago. This event will also be livestreamed to the CTU’s Facebook...CTU statement on Gov. Pritzker’s statewide mask mandate
If both the science and the directives state that layered mitigation will keep school communities more safe, then this is what districts — including our own — must do to keep children 12 and under, and their families, safe.
Elected school board is an historic achievement for Chicago’s students, families and school communities
In a victory for democracy, students, families and educators will now have the voice they have long been denied for a quarter of a century by failed mayoral control of our schools.
Students need physical and mental health care during a pandemic
Mayor Lightfoot’s CPS team needs to go beyond the bare minimum of engagement and provide additional safety through more school-based vaccinations and increased nurse, counselor, case manager and social worker staffing.
