By CTU Communications | April 14, 2023 | ACTS, News
File under: ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, Hope Academy, Instituto del Progreso Latino
CTU members at Instituto del Progreso held a week of action protesting the charter’s attempts to diminish contract protections. ChiArts members, parents and students rallied outside the charter’s regularly scheduled board meeting, which the organization canceled instead of facing public scrutiny. Hope educators voted unanimously to join the CTU and school officials immediately announced it would rather close the school, which mostly serves Black students, instead of bargaining collectively with its workers. In other news, YCLA announced it will be staying put at its Pilsen location.
By Eric Ruder | April 10, 2023 | News Advisory
File under: ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, contract campaign
CHICAGO — On Tuesday, April 11, academic and arts educators will join forces with parents, students, and community members to demand a safe, welcoming, and more sustainable educational community from The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts), a performing arts charter school located in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
By CTU Communications | June 3, 2022 | ACTS, News, Press Release
File under: ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts
Stagnant wages, lack of job security, no basic rights fueled this week’s vote by artists who serve as part-time educators — from voice teachers to video instructors — to join their full-time colleagues in the CTU. CHICAGO, June 3, 2022 — Teaching artists and school...By CTU Communications | May 27, 2022 | ACTS, News
File under: Charter Schools, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, CTU-ACTS
It’s been a busy week for CTU’s charter educators, who kicked off their unified contract campaign last week. We’ve got a report on that and other charter news.
By CTU Communications | April 20, 2022 | ACTS, News, Press Release
File under: ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts
Stagnant wages, lack of job security or basic rights fuel push by artists – from voice teachers to video instructors – to join union with full-time educators. CHICAGO, April 20, 2022 — Since full-time teachers and paraprofessionals at ChiArts – the Chicago High School...By Richard Berg | September 10, 2021 | ACTS, News
File under: ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, COVID-19, CTPF: Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund, CTU-ACTS, Youth Connections Leadership Academy
Almost 90 percent of unionized charter schools have negotiated safety agreements with CTU that include testing, screening and increased staffing. CTU-ACTS has established a health insurance committee seeking to provide an improved and less expensive benefits package. And, after threats to close, Youth Connections Leadership Academy will remain open for another year.
By Richard Berg | June 4, 2021 | ACTS, News
File under: Aspira, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, CTPF: Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund, EPIC Academy charter school, Urban Prep, Youth Connections Leadership Academy
Members at Urban Prep voted unanimously to strike unless management comes to the table with a more reasonable offer. CTU pressure pushed ASPIRA to retract non-renewal notices for Union members. Epic Academy terminated four of the most active CTU members on the bargaining team, prompting members to prepare to strike. Youth Connections Leadership Academy has reversed course on closing the school. CTU pushed the General Assembly to close a loophole that allowed ChiArts and other contract schools to skip contributions to the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund.
By CTU Communications | April 23, 2021 | News, Press Release
File under: ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, COVID-19
CPS contract school refuses to set standards for ventilation, contact tracing, COVID testing, as COVID cases rise among students nationally. CHICAGO—School administrators at CPS contract school The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) waited until the last... 
By Richard Berg, Organizer | October 30, 2020 | ACTS
File under: Acero, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, CICS: Chicago International Charter Schools, EPIC Academy charter school, IHSCA, Passages, YCLA
CTU leaders from Acero are fighting layoffs. The CTU New Organizing Committee and the Union’s Charter Division are both taking big steps. Meanwhile, Epic Academy and Namaste Charter School have each made important new agreements with the Union.
By Chris Geovanis | May 6, 2019 | ACTS, News, News Advisory
File under: Charter, Charter Schools, ChiArts: Chicago High School for the Arts, Chicago Teachers Union, Class Size, Contract, CTU, IHSCA, IJLA, Instituto del Progreso Latino, Latino Youth High School, Strike
Latino Youth strikers win sanctuary protections, mental health support, restorative justice, culturally appropriate curricula for low-income, Latinx high school students, as strike at Instituto schools continues.
