By Hilario Dominguez, Political Coordinator | September 27, 2023 | Legislative Update
File under: Bruce Rauner, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Vouchers
We must demand that the “Invest in Kids” voucher program be closed down as quickly as possible. Invest in Kids, under the guise of providing scholarships for private schools, is effectively diverting public funds away from our already underfunded public schools.
By Illinois Federation of Teachers | September 3, 2019 | _News
File under: Bruce Rauner, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois Policy Institute
The Illinois Federation of Teachers has compiled this list of illegitimate “news” sources. Use good judgement and check sources when you see something suspicious in the news.
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | November 20, 2018 | _News
File under: Bruce Rauner, ISBE: Illinois State Board of Education, Standardized Tests
ISBE is trying to rush through a rule change that would increase unfair testing burdens on schools and target high school students who exercise their right to opt out of state standardized tests.
By Chicago Teachers Union | April 26, 2018 | _Press Release
File under: Bruce Rauner, Cleanliness, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, HB4742, HB4776, IFT, Illinois Senate, Jesse Sharkey, John Cullerton, SB2838, Section 4.5
CHICAGO, April 26, 2018: The Illinois Senate, under the leadership of Chicago mayoral ally John Cullerton, has fast-tracked a bill privatizing substitute teacher staffing, SB2838. An identical bill, HB4742, passed out of a House education committee on Wednesday. The...By Chicago Teachers Union | March 21, 2018 | _Press Release
File under: Brandon Johnson, Bruce Rauner, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Jesse Sharkey, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Karen Lewis, Rahm Emanuel, Susan Sadlowski Garza
CHICAGO, March 21, 2018—After Mayor Rahm Emanuel closed a record 50 schools in Black and Latinx neighborhoods in 2013, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said that the CTU would organize to change our city and county’s political landscape. Two years later,...By ctu communications | March 21, 2018 | _News
File under: Brandon Johnson, Bruce Rauner, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Jesse Sharkey, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Karen Lewis, Rahm Emanuel, Susan Sadlowski Garza
After Mayor Rahm Emanuel closed a record 50 schools in Black and Latinx neighborhoods in 2013, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said that the CTU would organize to change our city and county’s political landscape. Two years later, Emanuel was forced into a...By Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff | March 1, 2018 | _News, ACTS
File under: AFT: American Federation of Teachers, Bruce Rauner, Charter, ChiACTS, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, Chris Baehrend, CTU-ACTS, Dan Montgomery, Donald Trump, IFT, Jesse Sharkey, Randi Weingarten
CHICAGO—Today, academic teachers and paraprofessionals from The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) voted to join the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, the charter school local that has recently merged with the Chicago Teachers Union. Educators...By Chicago Teachers Union | February 28, 2018 | _Press Release
File under: Bruce Rauner, Englewood, HB768, Jesse Sharkey, National Teachers Academy, Rahm Emanuel
Veto derails democratic rights of local school districts as part of Rauner’s wholesale assault on public education. CHICAGO, Feb. 28, 2018—The Chicago Teachers Union issued the following statement today in response to the decision by Illinois Governor Bruce...By Chicago Teachers Union | February 23, 2018 | _Press Release
File under: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Amisha Patel, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Board of Education, Citadel, GEM: Grassroots Education Movement, Grassroots Collaborative, Hope, Janus, Ken Griffin, Rahm Emanuel, Robeson, Supreme Court
CHICAGO—With the Supreme Court poised to hear arguments in the Janus case, union workers from across the state are rallying for labor rights this Saturday. The CTU is joining that mobilization with a drum-line – and making a few stops on the way. The CTU kicks off our...By Chicago Teachers Union | February 22, 2018 | _Press Release
File under: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Amisha Patel, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Board of Education, Citadel, GEM: Grassroots Education Movement, Grassroots Collaborative, Hope, Janus, Ken Griffin, Rahm Emanuel, Robeson, Supreme Court
Rally, march to workers’ rights mobilization: 11 AM, Saturday, February 24 Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn, Chicago Feeder march to noon state-wide labor rights rally at Daley Plaza via Citadel, JPMorgan Chase, CPS Board of Education. Student drum-line will lead...
