By CTU Communications | August 8, 2019 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Budget, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Jesse Sharkey, Strike
Allocation decisions could cut funding to hundreds of schools, while CPS, Mayor refuse to enshrine public promises in enforceable contract. CHICAGO—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in response to CPS’ formal FY...By CTU Communications | January 16, 2019 | _News
File under: Budget, Chicago Board of Education, Contract, Special Education
Note: The following language was copied directly from a post published last March on the CTU website. However, the links below to the Excel sheet and the linked CPS memo are current. Using our contract for SPED workload reduction funding and usage: Article 45-4.7 Per...By Chicago Teachers Union | April 17, 2018 | _Press Release
File under: Budget, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, ISBE: Illinois State Board of Education, Jesse Sharkey, Rahm Emanuel, SBB: Student Based Budgeting, Springfield
“Mayor is again prioritizing paying bond holders who are laughing all the way to the banks they own – while continuing to harm our students by refusing to seek new revenue from those most able to pay,” say teachers. CHICAGO, April 17, 2018 – The new school... 
By CTU Communications | June 8, 2017 | Further Reading
File under: Broke on Purpose, Budget, Immigration, police brutality, Segregation, state budget
This week, we’re reading about Illinois’ regressive school funding formula, how Chicago communities are fighting deportation, and how CPS policies have worked to segregate Black students as well as Black teachers. A Just Chicago will have more on the new... By CTU Communications | June 1, 2017 | Further Reading
File under: Budget, Jobs, Justice, LGBTQ, reparations, wages
This week, we’re looking at incarceration and how the city has started implementing reparations, what kinds of jobs bring real stability to low-income families, and how affirming our students’ identities impacts their achievement in school. 1.... By CTU Communications | May 25, 2017 | Further Reading
File under: Budget, Charter Schools, policing, Privatization, Racism
This week, we’re taking a look at structural barriers to student success, how the city, state, and federal government have slashed programs to support students, and how privately-run charter schools impact public school funding and evaluation. 1. How Some Kids... By CTU Communications | May 11, 2017 | Further Reading
File under: Broke on Purpose, Budget, educational funding, High School, school choice
This week, we’re reading about the illusion of school choice and how Chicago communities are pushing back against it, the impact of Chicago’s demographic changes, and some real solutions for CPS’s budget woes. 1. The Real Problem with Chicago’s... By CTU Communications | May 4, 2017 | Further Reading
File under: Budget, Homelessness, Poverty, Special Education
This week, we’re reading about the pervasiveness of homelessness in Chicago and the forces that exacerbate it, how the federal health care debate impacts special education, and gun violence in Chicago. 1. Rahm Emanuel postpones briefings on CPS rescue :... 
By Carol Caref | May 1, 2017 | Action, Jobs
File under: Budget, Labor organizing, May Day
On May 1, 1886, 80,000 workers marched down Michigan Avenue in Chicago in support of the eight-hour day. In the next few days, nationwide, 350,000 workers (including 70,000 in Chicago) went on strike at 1,200 factories. Since that time, May Day, or International... By CTU Communications | April 27, 2017 | Further Reading
File under: Budget, disinvestment, Immigration, opportunities to learn, school counselors
This week, we’re reading about CPS’s lack of plans to back their new mandates, how communities are fighting back against racist immigration policy, and how institutional racism impacts the ways students of color learn math. 1. What Will Happen if Schools... 
