Monthly Archives: November 2009

published at 7:32 pm Monday, November 23, 2009

CPS Games System to Increase Charters

CORE:   Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 2009  9 p.m. Contract-to-Charter Conversion Reveals CPS Circumvention of State Law Number of Charter Seats Requested on 11/23/09 Almost Doubles Last Year’s Total CHICAGO – On November 23, 2009, CPS is asking the Chicago Board of Education to nearly double the number of charter seats [...]

Topics: Charter Schools / Chicago Teachers Union / Contract Schools / CPS / CTU / In the News / News / Press Releases / Union Busting
published at 9:51 pm Sunday, November 22, 2009

CORE Will Hook Up Your Classroom With Textbooks

With school book budgets severely cut this year, many classrooms are looking for books.   One source of books often overlooked by teachers struggling to find required texts for their classroom is the Illinois Textbook Relocation Program.   Download one of the spreadsheets below, contact the schools, and the books will be ready for pick-up. Recently, CORE [...]

Topics: CORE Stuff Tags: , ,
published at 2:57 pm Saturday, November 21, 2009

Get E-mail updates

Everyone seems to be signing up for the CORE e-mail list these days, even the current Union leadership! Don’t be left out. Send an e-mail to coreteachers@gmail.com and write “join list” in the subject line. Voila! You will be getting monthly updates on what’s really going on in the CTU.

Topics: News
published at 4:55 pm Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Pension Recount Increases CORE Victory

Close elections seem to breed recounts, so it was no surprise when pension board incumbent Nancy Williams (UPC) demanded a recount after the first pension election results showed her losing to Lois Ashford (CORE) by 43 votes for the final teacher trustee spot.   The other pension board vacancy was also won by CORE with Jay [...]

Topics: Elections Tags: , ,
published at 3:09 pm Sunday, November 15, 2009

CORE Extends Condolences to the Family of Michael Scott, CBOE President

In response to the tragic news of Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott’s death, the co-chairs of the Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators (CORE), whose members have testified at each Board of Education monthly meeting for the past 18 months, often engaging Mr. Scott in a dialogue on improving Chicago’s schools, issued the following statement. [...]

Topics: Alerts / News
published at 4:46 pm Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Press Release: CPS Guilty of Union Busting

CORE:   Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators For Immediate Release CORE Charges Daley/Board of Education with Union-Busting Calls for Overturn of the 1995 Amendatory Act and an End to Mayoral Control CHICAGO – Quietly, with little public debate, on November 18, 2009, the Chicago Board of Education could authorize 8,130 additional charter seats, increasing charters’ current Chicago [...]

Topics: News
published at 6:47 pm Sunday, November 1, 2009

Jay-Lo Ticket Wins!

CORE candidates Lois Ashford and Jay Rehak win two seats as pension trustees to the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund. A message from Jay-Lo: Dear Friends, Thanks for helping to elect CORE members Lois Ashford and Jay Rehak (Jay-Lo!)  to the Teacher Pension Fund. We will work hard to voice your concerns and protect your pension. [...]

Topics: News