From the Chicago Sun-Times …Wednesday, other frustrated teachers demanded that Chicago Schools CEO Ron Huberman make the salaries of top bureaucrats more easily accessible to the public. They want details on CPS budget cuts, hires and contracts. “Why should we believe CPS numbers?” asked Karen Lewis, a King College Prep teacher who is challenging [Marilyn] [...]
Grassroots Education Movement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2010 Student Leaders and GEM to CPS: Name the Names on Contracts. Public Budget Debates Now. No Student or Teacher Cuts. Student leaders and members of GEM, the Grassroots Education Movement, called for Chicago Public Schools to provide line-item budget details and hold immediate public hearings before [...]
Tell Data-man Huberman: NO CUTS! OPEN THE BOOKS! ALL BUDGET DATA ON THE TABLE NOW! Rally 4 p.m. / Press Conference 10 a.m. Wednesday April 28th, 2010 We’ve seen the raises for Huberman and his friends … we’re supposed to just trust him on the rest? 4 p.m. RALLY! Ask IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan [...]
Join us for a bite and some good talk. Have a beer and relax with colleagues. Let’s talk UNION and what we can do to take back our UNION and make it work for us. Where: Elias Restaurant 5249 S. Kedzie (back room) When: Friday, April 30th from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Join us!
On Wednesday, April 7th, 2010, all five candidates for CTU president convened in a town hall meeting to debate before the House of Delegates. Unfortunately, the UPC leadership would not allow for any recording of this event. It was Justice Louis Brandeis who said, “Sunlight is the Greatest Disinfectant.” Unfortunately the tens of thousands of [...]
