COVID Archives | Chicago Teachers Union

SAT and PSAT are dangerous in this pandemic and of little use to students.

By Carol Caref, Ph.D. | September 22, 2020 | Movement, News
File under: COVID, COVID-19, Fairtest: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing, PSAT, SAT, Standardized Tests

CPS is planning to give the SAT and PSAT exams in person this fall, starting with the September 23 administration. Once again they have missed the mark. Our predominantly Black and Latinx students and their families are facing many economic, social, health, and emotional challenges in this moment. Yet, CPS is still requiring Seniors to take the SAT before they graduate.

Educators to report on challenges, successes as remote learning enters third week

By CTU Communications | September 18, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, Remote Learning, school clerks, technical coordinators

Frontline educators continue to demand that CPS improve unworkable, poorly designed remote learning plans that fall woefully short in supporting students, families. 7:00 a.m., Mon., Sept. 21: Press conference, rank and file educators and support staff Via Zoom: You...

Full update on eval, COVID testing, subs, supply money, SATs and other CPS bargaining

By CTU Communications | September 17, 2020 | Do This Now, News
File under: Bargaining Update, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Remote Learning

As we prepare for bargaining with CPS, we want to share where we are on several key items that we know you continue to have questions about, and that we, unfortunately, are still battling CPS over.

Trial tackles CTU effort to bar CPS from forcing school clerks back into buildings under unsafe conditions

By CTU Communications | September 16, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey, school clerks

CPS admits COVID cases among CPS workers have tripled since May, with hundreds of school workers contracting COVID-19—and at least eight now dead—despite working in lightly populated buildings with very limited staff. CHICAGO, September 16, 2020—The Chicago Teachers...

School clerks’ unfair labor practice charge will go to trial

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...

CTU, Fox32/My50 partner to put teachers on television to support families during remote learning

By CTU Communications | September 10, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, We Still Teach

#WeStillTeach TV returns on September 19, connecting Chicago’s dynamic teaching force with families learning together at home. CHICAGO, September 10, 2020—The Chicago Teachers Union continues its partnership with Fox32/My50 to broadcast teacher-led educational...

On first day of school, CTU teachers eager to return to educating students despite concerns about CPS plan

By CTU Communications | September 7, 2020 | News, News Advisory
File under: Chicago Teachers Union, COVID, COVID-19, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Remote Learning

Teachers will pull back curtain on what remote classrooms look like, as Mayor’s school board continues to refuse to bargain on strategies to improve remote learning for students. 7:00 a.m. Press Conference: CTU teachers, officers Via Zoom: Reporters,...