By CTU Communications | June 9, 2023 | _News
File under: Chicago Public Schools, ODLSS: Office of Diverse Learners Supports and Services, Special Education
Just a week after our House of Delegates detailed the flagrant failings of the CPS Chief of Special Education, we learned today that new leadership is on the way at the Office of Diverse Learners Supports and Service (ODLSS). This is good news but a change at the top of ODLSS alone, without a change in the culture of the department and the policies of the district, will be another failure for our students
By CTU Communications | May 3, 2021 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Janice Jackson
The mass exodus of staffers from Mayor Lightfoot’s CPS leadership team, which includes Chief Operating Officer Arne Rivera and Chief Education Officer LaTanya McDade, cannot be a deterrent to addressing the needs of our school communities, which have been... 
By CTU Communication | January 20, 2021 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, COVID, COVID-19, Mayor Lori Lightfoot
“Our members are resolved to continue working, teaching their students and doing so safely,” President Sharkey said. “Only the mayor can force a strike, and if it comes to that, that’s her choice. We choose safety.”
By CTU Communications | January 12, 2021 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Lori Lightfoot, Miguel del Valle
Lockout has disrupted education for thousands of Black and Brown students, as educators continue to document safety failures and COVID cases at their schools. 7A TODAY, Wednesday, 1/13: Press conference/teach-out, with locked out teachers, in front of CPS board of...By CTU Communications | January 3, 2021 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Lori Lightfoot, pre-k, special education cluster
Black and Brown parents join CTU members in rejecting in-person learning, as CPS continues to reject accommodations for workers — including CTU member with brain tumor — and schools remain largest single source of COVID exposure in state. 6:30 a.m. Mon., Jan. 4 —...By CTU Communications | December 17, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Bargaining Update, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, IELRB, Jesse Sharkey, Section 4.5
CHICAGO, Dec. 17, 2020—Today the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB), on a split 2-1 vote, denied the Union’s request to seek a preliminary injunction against CPS’ unilaterally developed plan to resume in-person learning on Jan. 4. The two-member...By CTU Communications | December 16, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Lori Lightfoot, vigil
Schools are largest source of COVID exposure in state, with numbers in suburban Cook close to 20% of cases, even as Lightfoot and CPS insist on reopening schools in less than three weeks. 5:00 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 17 — Candlelight vigil: Cather Elementary School, 2908 W.... 
By CTU Communications | November 4, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Jesse Sharkey, reopening, ventilation
Mayor and CPS finally relent to releasing ventilation data, but fail to test HVAC systems properly or allow independent verification as parents and educators call for more transparency and involvement in safety discussions. CHICAGO, Nov. 4, 2020—Despite announcing an... 
By Thad Goodchild, CTU Deputy General Counsel | September 10, 2020 | _News
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, school clerks, Thad Goodchild
A message to rank and file members from CTU Deputy General Counsel Thaddeus Goodchild: We’re planning for next steps on the unfair labor practice and grievance we’ve filed against CPS for forcing clerks and other workers into buildings without bargaining... 
By CTU Communications | July 9, 2020 | _News
File under: Chicago Public Schools, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Lori Lightfoot, reopening
Caught between the gross ineptitude of Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Education, and the uncertainty from Chicago Public Schools, more than 85 percent of CTU member respondents feel they should not or might not go back to work in the fall without a detailed plan and resources that will help guarantee the safe re-opening of our schools.
