By CTU Bilingual Education Committee | December 15, 2020 | Movement
File under: ACCESS for ELLs, Betsy DeVos, Carmen Ayala, ESSA: Every School Succeeds Act, Standardized Tests
Let Illinois Superintendent of Education Carmen Ayala know that you want her to advocate for a full ESSA assessment waiver.
By CTU Communications | December 8, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Betsy DeVos, Common Good, COVID, COVID-19, Department of Education, Donald Trump, Joe Biden
Unions representing 300k+ educators and school-related personnel lay out a common good, Black and Brown student-focused approach to a Biden-led Department of Education.
By CTU Communications | May 20, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: Betsy DeVos, coronavirus, Lori Lightfoot, Special Education
DeVos, Lightfoot on same page in blaming teachers and clinicians for agencies’ ongoing and chronic failure to adequately support special needs students. See links to press conference here and lawsuit here. CHICAGO, May 20, 2020—The CTU blasted Chicago Mayor Lori...
By CTU Communications | May 20, 2020 | News, News Advisory
File under: Betsy DeVos, Board of Education, CPS: Chicago Public Schools
Press conference: 1:30 p.m. TODAY, May 20 VIA ZOOM: email chrisgeovanis@ctulocal1.org for link. Deficient federal regulations dovetail with ill-conceived CPS...