published at 12:24 pm
Thursday, June 25, 2009
For Immediate Release June 24, 2009 2:00 p.m. CORE Charges CPS/Chicago Board of Education Policies with Creating Chaos in Schools; CPS/CBOE Agree to include CORE Teachers in Policy-making CHICAGO, IL — At the June 24, 2009 Chicago Board of Education hearing, members of CORE, the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE), repeatedly charged CPS [...]
published at 12:23 pm
Thursday, June 25, 2009
On Wednesday, the CORE played a key role at the Board of Education Hearing, citing staff cuts, high-stakes testing, and the “20 Day Rule” as being major impediments to education in the city of Chicago. The day began with a CORE press conference at the Board of Ed 125 S. Clark. After the press conference, [...]
published at 11:02 am
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Arne Duncan was in town yesterday as the guest of honor for the Advance Illinois morning reception. Duncan was on hand to discuss his initiatives while CEO of the Chicago Public Schools as he plans to unleash them on the nation, using stimulus money to strongarm states into buying into the “miracle.” From The Associated [...]
published at 9:34 am
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Come help CORE celebrate the end of the school year. Emerald Loop Bar & Grill 216 N. Wabash Ave. $25 covers drinks beer, wine, pop and appetizers. Saturday, June 20th 9pm until ?
published at 9:00 am
Saturday, June 20, 2009
June 24, Join CORE at the Board of Education meeting, 125 S. Clark. Support displaced teachers, teachers who were laid off this June, teachers and parents protesting their “principals from Hell“. Sign up to speak at 6:30 am to guarantee a spot. Even if you don’t want to speak, come early to get into the [...]
published at 4:19 pm
Thursday, June 18, 2009
From Truthout.org Public-private partnerships between Chicago’s City Hall, where two men named Richard Daley have ruled more than 40 of the last 55 years, and a gaggle of corporate bagmen from the Gates, Bradley, Walton and other foundations have honed a disastrous “education reform” agenda that is now national policy. In Chicago, where dozens of [...]
published at 6:26 pm
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Journalist Bruce A. Dixon chronicles CORE’s EEOC Complaint on Black Agenda Report and Common Dreams.org: In May, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan declared [1] the Obama administration’s intent to close and “turn around” 5,000 ‘underperforming” public schools in poorer neighborhoods across the country. Duncan’s last job was CEO of Chicago’s public schools where he shut [...]
published at 8:27 am
Monday, June 15, 2009
Message from CORE Steering Committee Member and Elementary Teacher Norine Gutekanst: An urgent alert has gone out to supporters of bilingual/ESL and early childhood education to go to Springfield on Wed. & Thurs. June 17 and 18. IAMME (Illinois Association for Multilingual Multicultural Education) is asking for people to testify at the Illinois State Board [...]
published at 8:59 am
Saturday, June 13, 2009
From Chicago Public Radio’s City Room: The District [CPS] has come to rely on the turn around method to fix failing schools. The turn around calls for the entire school staff to be laid off and new replacement teachers hired. CORE member and teacher, Lois Ashford, explains. ASHFORD: Somehow, we have become the problem for [...]
published at 4:27 pm
Thursday, June 11, 2009
CPS Turnaround Policy Disproportionately Affects African-American Educators Last night, Wednesday, June 10th, the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that school “turnarounds,” a “Renaissance 2010” policy, have a disparate impact on African American teachers. Teachers who filed the charges contend that African American teachers suffer [...]
