By Eric Ruder | March 24, 2023 | Press Release
File under: Arne Duncan, New Orleans, Paul Vallas
CHICAGO — Former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Arne Duncan, never had the juice to run for Mayor of this great city. Yet, he clearly thinks he can influence how voters in the city vote in the upcoming election. As Vallas’s former partner-in-crime in destabilizing New Orleans’ public schools — through policies, actions, words and deeds — today’s endorsement of Vallas by former Education Secretary Duncan should not be a surprise. Arne Duncan called Hurricane Katrina in 2005 “the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans.”
By CTU Communications | February 5, 2022 | News, Press Release
File under: Arne Duncan, COVID-19, Karen GJ Lewis, Turnarounds
Mayor and hand-picked board must now also end ongoing racist CPS policies – starting with discriminatory student-based budgeting and SQRP school ranking system. 11:30 a.m. Monday, February 7: press conference with named plaintiffs in CTU civil rights turnaround cases,...
By CTU Communications | March 1, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Arne Duncan, Charter, Charter Expansion, Chicago Board of Education, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, School Closings
Chicagoans have demanded an elected representative school board as a progressive alternative to the insider deals, chronic neglect and racist, classist policies of Rahm, Duncan and Daley. CHICAGO, March 1, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued...
By CTU Communications | January 15, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Arne Duncan, Strike, UTLA
CTU blasts former U.S. education secretary for arguing Los Angeles teachers’ should back off demands in face of ‘lack of resources’ in state with fifth largest economy in the world. CHICAGO, January 15, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the...