By CTU Communications | March 1, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Arne Duncan, Board of Ed, Charter, Charter Expansion, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, School Closings
Chicagoans have demanded an elected representative school board as a progressive alternative to the insider deals, chronic neglect and racist, classist policies of Rahm, Duncan and Daley. CHICAGO, March 1, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued...
By CTU Communications | January 14, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Public Schools, Contract, CPS, Jesse Sharkey, Rahm Emanuel, Strike
Press conference: 10:30 AM, Tuesday, January 15 Mayor’s office, 5th floor, City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St. As 33,000 LA educators strike for smaller classes, more staff, CTU calls on mayor to end separate and unequal treatment of South, West side public schools and end...
By CTU Communications | January 8, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Charter Expansion, Contract, CPS, CTU, Election, Jesse Sharkey, Mayor 2019, Rahm Emanuel, Stacy Davis Gates, Sustainable Community Schools
Voters overwhelmingly support CTU demands for more resources, revenue for neighborhood public schools, as Preckwinkle leads among likely voters.
By CTU Communications | November 16, 2018 | News
File under: Chicago Public Schools, CPS, HMO, Labor Management Cooperation Committee, LMCC, Open Enrollment, PPO
The Chicago Teachers Union advocated for an Open Enrollment extension after reviewing the open enrollment documents that CPS sent to employees and finding that the district intends to enact an increase in certain health plans.
By Annette Rizzo, CTU Health and Benefits Coordinator | November 9, 2018 | News
File under: Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Insurance, Open Enrollment
Chicago Public Schools Open Enrollment is now available through November 16, 2018. Please use this time to review your existing benefits coverage and make any desired changes to your elections for 2019. Please complete the following steps in HR4U by November 16, 2018...
By Parents 4 Teachers | May 11, 2018 | News
File under: CPS, ISBE, Special Education
Despite claims that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has fixed the special ed problems at issue in a state probe, the vast majority of parents and teachers responding to a new survey say they continue to experience the same delays, denials and roadblocks in obtaining...
By ctu communications | April 27, 2018 | News, Press Release
File under: Aramark, Cleanliness, CPS, HB4776, Jesse Sharkey, Morrill, Rahm Emanuel, Section 4.5, Sodexo, Springfield
CHICAGO, April 27, 2018—Rodent infestation and general building neglect has reached a critical point at Morrill Math & Science Elementary School on the city’s Southwest Side, with teachers and school staff making a plea for assistance in what has become a daily...
By Chicago Teachers Union | April 26, 2018 | Press Release
File under: Bruce Rauner, Cleanliness, CPS, HB4742, HB4776, IFT, Illinois Senate, Jesse Sharkey, John Cullerton, SB2838, Section 4.5
CHICAGO, April 26, 2018: The Illinois Senate, under the leadership of Chicago mayoral ally John Cullerton, has fast-tracked a bill privatizing substitute teacher staffing, SB2838. An identical bill, HB4742, passed out of a House education committee on Wednesday. The...
By erica clark - parents 4 teachers | April 25, 2018 | News
File under: Class Size, CPS, Parents 4 Teachers
Parents 4 Teachers analysis of CPS class size 2017-2018 Parents 4 Teachers (P4T) analyzed class size data for the 2017 – 2018 school year. We compared the fall 2017 class sizes for each class in CPS to the guidelines in the CTU/CPS collective bargaining...
By Chicago Teachers Union | April 18, 2018 | Press Release
File under: CPS, Forrest Claypool, ISBE, Rahm Emanuel, Special Education
Bombshell findings back up charges by teachers, parents, grassroots activists that mayor’s school execs wrongly denied services to schoolchildren, undermined parents and educators seeking help for students. CHICAGO, April 18, 2018: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s...
