By CTU Communications | February 12, 2020 | News, Press Release
File under: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, IEP, ISBE, Special Education
On February 12, Chicago Public Schools announced that it would earmark millions of dollars to compensate more than 10,500 students illegally and improperly denied special education services by the district.
By CTU Communications | November 8, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Asian Human Services, charter operator, Contract, Craig Maki, immigrant, Passages, refugee, Special Education
New contract cements protections for immigrant and special education students, raises wage floor and rights for educators to levels in CPS district-run schools. CHICAGO, Nov. 8, 2019—Chicago Teachers Union members at Passages charter school voted unanimously today to...
By Chris Geovanis | October 24, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU, Lori Lightfoot, Special Education, Strike
12:15 p.m. TODAY: CTU bargaining update Malcolm X College, 1900 W. Jackson, Chicago CHICAGO, Oct. 24, 2019—Striking CTU special education teachers and support staff will hold a press conference to respond to the mayor’s refusal to bargain for better schools at...
By CTU Communications | September 30, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Bargaining Update, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Christel Williams Hayes, Class Size, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU contract, Jesse Sharkey, Lashawn Wallace, Lashawn Wallace teaching assistant paraprofessionals, paraprofessionals, Special Education, teaching assistant
With mayor now effectively bargaining in public, CTU proposes livestreaming negotiating sessions to give families, educators, public a seat at the table. CHICAGO, Sept. 30, 2019—In a maneuver to publicly spin the mayor’s Friday ‘offer’ to CTU...
By CTU Communications | September 22, 2019 | ACTS, News, Press Release
File under: Contract, CTU, CTU-ACTS, immigrant rights, refugee, Sanctuary, Special Education, Strike
4:00 p.m., Monday., Sept. 23: Press conference Passages Charter School, 1643 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago While CEO rakes in quarter of a million dollar salary, management rejects sanctuary language for refugee and immigrant students, lowballs special ed and English...
By Chris Geovanis | September 12, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Chicago Board of Education, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU contract, school nurses, sexual abuse, Social Workers, Special Education, Stacy Davis Gates
Blistering DOE report and oversight is no guarantee that lack of accountability will end. CHICAGO, September 12, 2019—CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates issued the following statement in response to the federal Department of Education’s report on CPS’...
By CTU Communications | July 30, 2019 | News, Press Release
File under: Arts, Bilingual Education, chicago mayor, Contract, Counselors, Lori Lightfoot, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Psychologists, Restorative Justice Coordinators, Social Workers, Special Education, Staffing, Teaching Assistants, technology, World Languages
Dear CTU Members: By now you may have heard—or even received an email from CPS—about Mayor Lightfoot’s promise to improve staffing in our public schools. Let’s be clear. Chicagoans voted for a candidate that said she would transform our public education...
By Chris Geovanis | May 7, 2019 | ACTS, News, Press Release
File under: Bargaining, Charter, Charter Schools, Class Size, Clinicians, Contract, CTU, CTU contract, CTU-ACTS, Jesse Sharkey, Special Education, Strike
TA ends three day strike and wins smaller classes, wrap-around supports, sanctuary protections for immigrant students, contract protections for special education students and English language learners. CHICAGO—CTU members at charter schools are reforming the industry...
By Jesse Sharkey | March 14, 2019 | News
File under: Acero, Bargaining, CICS: Chicago International Charter Schools, Contract Action Team, Janice Jackson, Lincoln Yards, PPC, PPLC, Rahm Emanuel, Special Education, Toni Preckwinkle
CTU President Jesse Sharkey with a bargaining update for our rank-and-file members, and an overview of Union goals, campaigns and priorities as we move toward spring.
By CTU Communications | February 21, 2019 | News
File under: Polar Plunge, Special Education, Special Olympics
Join the Chicago Teachers Union on March 3 to benefit Special Children’s Charities and Special Olympics Chicago.
