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.
By CTU Communications | January 16, 2019 | News
File under: Budget, Chicago Board of Education, Contract, Special Education
Note: The following language was copied directly from a post published last March on the CTU website. However, the links below to the Excel sheet and the linked CPS memo are current. Using our contract for SPED workload reduction funding and usage: Article 45-4.7 Per...
By BESSIE TSITSOPOULOS | May 14, 2018 | News
File under: Clinicians, ISBE, Social Workers, Special Education
The following is testimonial from CTU member Bessie Tsitsopoulos at a March 21 Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) open hearing for the public inquiry examining special education services and procedures in Chicago Public Schools. Good afternoon. My name is Bessie...
By Parents 4 Teachers | May 11, 2018 | News
File under: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, ISBE, Special Education
Despite claims that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has fixed the special ed problems at issue in a state probe, the vast majority of parents and teachers responding to a new survey say they continue to experience the same delays, denials and roadblocks in obtaining...
By Chicago Teachers Union | April 18, 2018 | Press Release
File under: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, Forrest Claypool, ISBE, Rahm Emanuel, Special Education
Bombshell findings back up charges by teachers, parents, grassroots activists that mayor’s school execs wrongly denied services to schoolchildren, undermined parents and educators seeking help for students. CHICAGO, April 18, 2018: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s...
By ctu communications | March 16, 2018 | News
File under: Clinicians, Contract, Grievance, Paperwork, PPLC, Special Education
Using our contract for SPED workload reduction funding and usage: Article 45-4.7 Per Article 21-13 of our contract, the CTU and CPS are continuing to negotiate over the details and procedures for implementing a Workload Plan for Special Educators to help alleviate the...
