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 down dozens of neighborhood schools, practically all in lower income areas, and dismissed thousands of committed and experienced teachers, the vast majority of them African American women.
When the Chicago Teachers Union made no effort to reach out to parents, students or their communities, refused to organize teachers to oppose the wave of school shutdowns and privatizations, teachers organized what they call CORE, the [Caucus] of Rank & File Educators. CORE [2] has now filed suit against the Chicago Board of Education…
The rest of the story can be found here and here.
CORE will demonstrate against the Duncan policies outside the Advance Illinois reception, which is honoring Arne Duncan this Friday.
Details:
When: Friday, June 19, 2009
7:30 a.m.-9:15 a.m.
Where: Outside the Hyatt Regency Chicago
151 E. Wacker Dr.
CORE Press Conference to Commence at 9:15 AM
Updates can be found at : www.twitter.com/coreteachers
