By John Cusick, IFT Legislative Director | January 17, 2020 | News
File under: IFT, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois State Board of Education, ISBE, LGBTQIA+
The Illinois Federation of Teachers task force is advising the Illinois State Board of Education as the Board implements HB246, the LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum Bill. The new law goes into effect for the 2020-2021 school year, so educators and school staff are working...
By Michael Brunson, CTU Recording Secretary | December 6, 2018 | News, Resolutions
File under: Donald Trump, Federal Policy, Human Rights, Intersex, LGBTQIA+, Transgender, US Department of Health and Human Services
The CTU House of Delegates voted to adopt the following resolution at its December 5, 2018 regular meeting.
By Nara Schoenberg - Chicago Tribune | April 20, 2018 | News
File under: Chicago Tribune, LGBTQIA+
It was a simple question: “Mr. E., do you have a girlfriend?” But Elijah Eiler, a teacher at the James Otis World Language Academy in Chicago, wanted to tread carefully as a gay teacher. It was the beginning of the school year, and Eiler didn’t know the seventh-grader...
