By Carol Caref | January 14, 2016 | Jobs, Schools
File under: Broke on Purpose, brokeonpurpose, Budget, educational funding, Outsourcing, Privatization, SUPES
A review of the hundreds of expenditures every year authorized by the unelected Board of Education shows hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to vendors. These vendors are seldom required to prove that they are worth the money paid to them.
By potter | September 24, 2015 | Justice, Schools
File under: #fightfordyett, Charter Schools, class action suit, disaster capitalism, New Orleans, Outsourcing, Privatization, Racism, school choice, suspensions
Since mayoral control of Chicago’s public schools began in 1995, Mayors Richard M. Daley and Rahm Emanuel have unleashed a tsunami of charter schools and school closings upon the city with devastating results.
By Sarah Rothschild | September 2, 2015 | Jobs
File under: Jobs, manufacturing, Outsourcing, Southwest Side, stress, unemployment, unions
Manufacturing in Chicago has taken another dive as the snack bakery that makes Oreos, Wheat Thins and other popular snacks is closing half of the plant and moving it to Mexico. The plant is located in the Chicago Lawn community at 73rd and Kedzie. The international... 
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 Sarah Rothschild | May 29, 2015 | Health, Schools
File under: CTU contract campaign, healthcare, Nurses, Outsourcing, Privatization
CPS is once again entertaining the idea of expanded outsourcing of nurses. This is not new, unfortunately – CPS has been working with nurse staffing agencies since the early 1990’s. The number of Certified School Nurses (CSN), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) and...
