By Stacy Davis Gates, CTU Vice President | October 21, 2020 | _News
File under: Clerks, coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Lori Lightfoot, Remote Learning, school clerks, technology coordinators
CPS and the mayor have provided no detailed plan on how they intend to resume in-person instruction for the second quarter. CPS also has refused to commit to bargaining with our union over its decision on when and how to resume in-person instruction.
By CTU Communications | July 15, 2020 | _News, _News Advisory
File under: charter operators, coronavirus, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, pandemic, Stacy Davis Gates
10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 16: press conference via Zoom on reopening schools.To pre-register, email communications@ctulocal1.org. Wednesday, July 22: Car... 
By CTU Communications | June 1, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: coronavirus, COVID-19, Dian Palmer, Jesse Sharkey
In move Unions decry as collective punishment, CPS cancels food distribution at schools late Sunday night, after assuring families earlier Sunday that food would be available. CHICAGO, June 1, 2020—CPS is already forcing children living in areas of extreme unrest and... 
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | May 27, 2020 | _News
File under: coronavirus, COVID-19, Jesse Sharkey
The mayor must do better as she continues to push for schools to open this fall.
By Chris Geovanis | May 27, 2020 | _Press Release
File under: coronavirus, COVID-19, Jesse Sharkey
As students struggle to access remote learning, top-down CPS planning undercuts voices of families, insights of educators, and needs of district’s most disadvantaged students. CHICAGO, May 27, 2020—CTU President Jesse Sharkey released the following statement today in... 
By CTU Communications | May 20, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: Betsy DeVos, coronavirus, Lori Lightfoot, Special Education
DeVos, Lightfoot on same page in blaming teachers and clinicians for agencies’ ongoing and chronic failure to adequately support special needs students. See links to press conference here and lawsuit here. CHICAGO, May 20, 2020—The CTU blasted Chicago Mayor Lori... 
By CTU Communications | May 8, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: coronavirus, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Jesse Sharkey, Lori Lightfoot, pandemic
CPS has tried to force school clerks back into buildings without guarantees of PPE or clean facilities, while mayor’s school bosses have imposed dangerous, irresponsible mandates on CTU rank-and-file. CHICAGO, May 8, 2020—CTU President Jesse Sharkey issued the... By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | April 30, 2020 | _News
File under: coronavirus, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Grading
In talks with the district, we stressed that many of our students still lack online access, and that any policy for students without Internet access must not discriminate against them.
By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | April 27, 2020 | _News
File under: coronavirus, COVID-19, Evaluation
In a global pandemic, we should seek the maximum grace and support for our students, whose lives and circumstances vary widely.
By CTU Communications | April 22, 2020 | _News, _Press Release
File under: CICS: Chicago International Charter Schools, coronavirus, COVID-19, EPIC Academy charter school
EPIC management’s dangerous demand for in-person elections at school whose community is ravaged by COVID-19 cases mirrors other charter operators’ misdeeds. CHICAGO, April 22, 2020—Workers at EPIC charter school have been organizing to unionize for months. An... 
