Ensuring timely payment of IEP interpreter stipends
If you have interpreted or will interpret for IEP meetings you are eligible for a $500 stipend. Get guidance on this 2019 contract win here.
Against Sorting: How the charter movement squashes the dreams of students with real and perceived disabilities
Brilliance comes in many forms, but our current system defunds educational access for special education students students of color, deflating their dreams to our collective detriment.
Episode 35: Barriers Facing Deaf Students at CPS
In this episode of CTU Speaks!, Andrea and Jim talk with Kelsey Cavanaugh, an American Sign Language interpreter for CPS, and Christa Valencia, a middle-school teacher of the deaf. They discuss the many hurdles that deaf students confront at CPS — from getting placed in a school in the first place to the inequities they experience once they get there. They also talk about some potential solutions to these problems going forward.
CTU, allies call on Biden to support educational justice by fully funding student needs
Quality of life agenda, national campaign will push for educational justice as Black and Brown students and families continue to bear disproportionate burden of COVID harms. CHICAGO, May 17, 2021 — A coalition of grassroots groups and unions fighting for education...Union-Wide Resolution for Special Education, Pre-K, Itinerant, and Clinician Reopening Priorities
This resolution was passed by the House of Delegates at its April 7, 2021 monthly meeting.
Petition for Acero Special Education Staff
In this extraordinary time, the Acero network has made a choice to dramatically cut Special Education jobs. Sign the petition to demand Acero reverse their cruel cuts.
Acero parents outraged at special ed cuts during pandemic
Rolling back supports for special education students represents a betrayal of charter operator’s commitment to improve special ed services in wake of historic 2018 strike. 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 6: Press conference, Acero parents and special education...
Excessive Paperwork Arbitration Win for Washington HS Special Educators
The Union received a favorable decision in the arbitration of a grievance concerning excessive paperwork for special education teachers. The grievance, which arose at Washington High School, concerned additional paperwork requirements that CPS began to impose on special education teachers in 2016 as part of former CPS CEO Forrest Claypool’s scheme to deny students special education services.
