By Kurt Hilgendorf, Education Policy Director | February 5, 2021 | _News
File under: COVID-19, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Springfield
Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García wrote to President Biden and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona about the need for resources and cooperation in reopening schools, echoing the concerns that the Chicago Teachers Union has raised about Mayor Ligghtfoot’s reopening plan. On the same day, 23 state legislators from the Chicago area wrote to the mayor, the Board of Education and CPS leadership urging cooperation, caution and resources in reopening schools.
By Chicago Teachers Union | March 21, 2018 | _Press Release
File under: Brandon Johnson, Bruce Rauner, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Jesse Sharkey, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Karen Lewis, Rahm Emanuel, Susan Sadlowski Garza
CHICAGO, March 21, 2018—After Mayor Rahm Emanuel closed a record 50 schools in Black and Latinx neighborhoods in 2013, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said that the CTU would organize to change our city and county’s political landscape. Two years later,...By ctu communications | March 21, 2018 | _News
File under: Brandon Johnson, Bruce Rauner, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Jesse Sharkey, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Karen Lewis, Rahm Emanuel, Susan Sadlowski Garza
After Mayor Rahm Emanuel closed a record 50 schools in Black and Latinx neighborhoods in 2013, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said that the CTU would organize to change our city and county’s political landscape. Two years later, Emanuel was forced into a...
