By CTU Communications | October 11, 2023 | _News, Grievance Wins
File under: Contract enforcement, High School, Lincoln Park High School, Salary
As the entire country grapples with a shortage of qualified teachers, schools are increasingly asking our members to pick up extra classes for which they haven’t hired the necessary staff. As teachers have stepped up to take extra preps, CPS has been inconsistent in applying our contractual pay. This arbitration ruling will fix that.
By CTU Communications | May 7, 2021 | _News
File under: Clinicians, COVID-19, High School, MOA
The extraordinary fight that we waged with CPS during the last few months secured agreements for the safe reopening of school buildings (full details at ctulocal1.org/safety). Now, CPS is trying to wriggle out of key aspects of those agreements. We need to step up our...By Jesse Sharkey, CTU President | April 8, 2021 | _News
File under: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, High School
If CPS and the mayor want to continue increasing the number of students in school buildings, they must have a centralized plan to vaccinate students aged 16 and older, and help their family members secure access to vaccinations as well.
By CTU Communications | June 19, 2017 | Immigration
File under: guest post, High School, Immigration, Racism, Sanctuary
Ed. Note: Today’s post comes to us from our allies at Logan Square Neighborhood Association, who have been working with young folks to build sanctuary schools that protect our students and their families. We’re excited to profile their work here. Students... 
By CTU Communications | May 11, 2017 | Further Reading
File under: Broke on Purpose, Budget, educational funding, High School, school choice
This week, we’re reading about the illusion of school choice and how Chicago communities are pushing back against it, the impact of Chicago’s demographic changes, and some real solutions for CPS’s budget woes. 1. The Real Problem with Chicago’s... 
By CTU Communications | August 30, 2015 | Action, Schools
File under: #FightForDyett, #WeAreDyett, Broke on Purpose, brokeonpurpose, Charter Schools, community development, disinvestment, Dyett, High School, KOCO, Outsourcing, Privatization, Racism, school choice, STEM education
They were gathered in the name of Dyett, the high school that the leaders of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced in 2012 would be shuttered at the end of 2015. This group of parents, community members, and students sat in the 95-degree heat to demand a meeting with the alderman, Will Burns. They wanted…
By Dr. Monique Redeaux-Smith | August 24, 2015 | Action, Schools
File under: #FightForDyett, #WeAreDyett, Bronzeville, Charter Schools, community development, disinvestment, High School, opportunity gap, Outsourcing, Privatization, Racism, school choice, Segregation
These are the reasons why I go hungry for Dyett. Because I refuse to accept that the current state of education is the best we can do. Because every child deserves a world class education in their neighborhood.
By CTU Communications | July 20, 2015 | Schools
File under: Charter Schools, High School, school choice
At both the elementary and high school levels this, the nation’s third-largest school district, gives students and parents the option to apply to schools other than their assigned neighborhood school. CPS encourages families to “Research, Choose, and Register” within a matrix of charter, contract, magnet, International Baccalaureate, and selective enrollment schools
