By CTU Communications | February 11, 2020 | News
File under: Black Exodus, Black History Month, Black Lives Matter at School
The campaign we are unveiling this week highlights how schools across Chicago have only one or two Black teachers, despite the abundance of qualified Black teachers who have been laid off and displaced by Chicago Public Schools.
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | January 19, 2020 | News
File under: Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter at School, Martin Luther King Jr.
From housing inequality, to voters rights, to equitable schooling, so much of Dr. King’s dream is still unrealized. So his struggle continues and it takes new forms.
By CTU House of Delegates | January 8, 2020 | News, Resolutions
File under: Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter at School
The Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates passed the following resolution at its January 8, 2020 meeting.
By Jennifer Johnson | February 8, 2019 | News
File under: Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter at School, Elizabeth Todd-Breland, racial justice
Black Lives Matter At School is a national movement of educators organizing for racial justice in education. Started by educators in Seattle and Philadelphia, Black Lives Matter at School Week recognizes and highlights the work of educators, parents, students, unions...By Michael Brunson, CTU Recording Secretary | February 6, 2019 | Resolutions
File under: Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter at School, racial justice
WHEREAS, the closing of public schools in Chicago, turnarounds, and other school actions have negatively and disproportionately impacted Black and Brown communities, and WHEREAS, according to the Chicago Reporter (December 2017), “In the past decade, Chicago’s public...
