By Nathan Goldbaum | March 19, 2021 | Grievance Wins
File under: Class Size
Eleven members at ASPIRA Business and Finance High School (ABF) will receive compensation for class size violations totaling $61,000 thanks to a settlement of two outstanding grievances defending important class size limits won in our 2018 contract.
By Nathan Goldbaum | November 19, 2019 | News
File under: Class Size, Contract, ERSB: Elected Representative School Board, IELRA: Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, Section 4.5, Strike
Chicagoans must have the right to elect their school board. Teachers must have the right to bargain on staffing and class size.
By Chris Geovanis | October 10, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Class Size, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU contract, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, Stacy Davis Gates, Strike
Almost 25% of elementary students are trapped in overcrowded classes, and 35% of high school students attend at least one overcrowded class. CHICAGO, October 9, 2019—No matter where you live in the City, Chicagoans agree: students deserve a high-quality, world-class...
By Chris Geovanis | October 8, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Public Schools, Class Size, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Strike
4:00 p.m., Wed. October 9: teachers, parents demand class size relief Simeon high school, 8147 S. Vincennes Ave., Chicago 1,300+ elementary school classrooms are overcrowded, with high schools confronting serious overcrowding issues, as well. At Simeon, core classes...
By Chris Geovanis | September 30, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Bargaining Update, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Christel Williams Hayes, Class Size, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU contract, Jesse Sharkey, Lashawn Wallace, Lashawn Wallace teaching assistant paraprofessionals, paraprofessionals, Special Education, teaching assistant
With mayor now effectively bargaining in public, CTU proposes livestreaming negotiating sessions to give families, educators, public a seat at the table. CHICAGO, Sept. 30, 2019—In a maneuver to publicly spin the mayor’s Friday ‘offer’ to CTU...
By Chris Geovanis | May 8, 2019 | Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Class Size, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, CTU contract, CTU-ACTS
Chicago’s public school students need individual attention from their teachers, which is impossible with as many as 48 students in a kindergarten class. CHICAGO, May 8, 2019—Chicago Public Schools has the highest class sizes across grades 1-4 of any school district in...
By Chris Geovanis | May 7, 2019 | ACTS, News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Charter, Charter Schools, Class Size, Clinicians, Contract, CTU, CTU contract, CTU-ACTS, Jesse Sharkey, Special Education, Strike
TA ends three day strike and wins smaller classes, wrap-around supports, sanctuary protections for immigrant students, contract protections for special education students and English language learners. CHICAGO—CTU members at charter schools are reforming the industry...
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.
By Chris Geovanis | April 24, 2019 | ACTS, News, News Advisory
File under: Charter, Charter Schools, Chicago, Class Size, Clinicians, Contract, CTU, CTU-ACTS, Strike
Press conference/rally: 4:30 PM, Thursday, April 25 Arturo Velazquez Westside Technical Institute, 2800 S. Western Ave., Chicago Teachers, support staff will walk out if demands for living wages, adequate student supports, pension rights, protections for immigrant and...
By Chris Geovanis | February 26, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Board of Education, Class Size, Cleanliness, Contract, Racism
Press conference: 10AM Wed., Feb. 27 CPS headquarters, 42 W. Madison St., Chicago Massive overcrowding and under-resourcing in neighborhood public schools to bring out parents and South Side alderman in push for equity for neglected public schools. CHICAGO—41 students...
