Election Season: Lightfoot balancing City budget on backs of Chicago public school students, families
Mayor extracts $200 million this year alone from CPS to cover Lightfoot budget hole, while school communities across city saw budgets slashed for a third year under Lightfoot. CHICAGO, October 3, 2022 — The Chicago Teachers Union issued the following statement in...Mayor’s layoffs of educators hit schools struggling with inequity, ongoing pandemic harms
Lightfoot saddles district with $175 million pension bill instead of funding critical positions — librarians, social workers, technology coordinators — in every school. CHICAGO, June 10, 2022 — The Chicago Teachers Union released this statement following word that...Mayor starts re-election bid by balancing City budget on the backs of CPS students
Lightfoot saddles district with $175 million pension bill instead of funding critical positions — librarians, social workers, technology coordinators — in every school. CHICAGO, June 7, 2022 — The Chicago Teachers Union released this statement following the public...CTU educators join parents, families stricken by violence in vigil calling for resources, support to help communities heal
Families, communities struggling with daily tragedy from violence cry out for more support while facing chronic disinvestment and bracing for mayor’s $60+ million in staffing and program cuts across half of CPS schools. 5:30 p.m. (gather), 6:00 p.m. (start), Thursday,...5:30P Thurs., June 2: Vigil Against Violence In Our Schools And City
As educators, we’ve lost students to gun violence and daily face the tragedy of trying to support and help our students and families heal. Join us this Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m. with parents, educators, elected officials and community groups to call for...
Educators are tired of doing more with less. Our students deserve better than this.
A Chicago Public Schools teacher-librarian asks, “How can my students reach their full potential without the full support of their own school district?”
Hibbard elementary educators, families join fight against devastating, unnecessary CPS budget cuts
With the Albany Park community still reeling from two years of trauma and loss from the devastating pandemic, CPS is imposing $430,000 in budget cuts at HIbbard Elementary, a beloved school in the predominantly Latinx community. But the school community is fighting back.
