CORE » Caucus of Rank and File Educators http://coreteachers.com Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:34:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Education Summit http://coreteachers.com/2010/01/11/education-summit/ http://coreteachers.com/2010/01/11/education-summit/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:54:21 +0000 Cpspalding http://coreteachers.com/?p=2102 At Malcolm X College Saturday, hundreds of people stepped forward to demand the the city stop privatizing our schools and end Renaissance 2010 once and for all.  The day began with keynote speeches by Lily Gonzalez who helped lead the fight against closing Peabody School last year, Kellina Mojica of Chicago Youth Initiating Change, Lois Ashford and Karen Lewis of CORE, Pauline Lipman from Teachers for Social Justice, and Cheryl Johnson and Marguerite Jacobs from the Committee for Safe Passage, Altgeld Gardens.

All of the speakers were compelling as they told of their fights against privatization, but it was the young Kellina Mojica who seemed to speak for all the parents and the students in attendance when she demanded, “we have a voice and want to be heard…whether you like it or not.”

Lois Ashford told the crowd about her personal experiences explaining, “”My school was turned around, I got angry, and joined CORE.”

Ashford then went on to introduce the CORE slate for the May union election to a loud round of applause.  Core Presidential nominee Karen Lewis excited the crowd exclaiming, “Teaching is a privilege and learning is a right”

After the keynote addresses, the attendees split into workshops to discuss plans for moving the agenda forward.   The summit achieved has already achieved at least one thing.   The list of school closings was supposed to be announced on the Friday before the summit, but was delayed in an effort to diminish turnout.  Over 400 people raised their voices loudly to let Ron Huberman know it didn’t work.

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]]> http://coreteachers.com/2010/01/11/education-summit/feed/ 0 CORE Will Hook Up Your Classroom With Textbooks http://coreteachers.com/2009/11/22/core-will-hook-up-your-classroom-with-textbooks/ http://coreteachers.com/2009/11/22/core-will-hook-up-your-classroom-with-textbooks/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:51:56 +0000 Cpspalding http://coreteachers.com/?p=1924 Joyce Sia

CORE member Joyce Sia unloads a trunk full of relocated history texts.

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 co-chair Jackson Potter found much needed history textbooks for his class from Hinsdale South High Scool. According to Potter, “All a teacher has to do is call the school listed, explain they are in CPS and would like to pick up some books for their classroom and ask if they are still available.  It may take a few phone calls, but within a week I was invited to take my pick of the available books that Hinsdale South had in Storage.  I drove to the school and a staff member helped me load the books into my car.”

CORE member Joyce Sia,

“CORE is teachers advocating for students; from fixing the CTU right down to hooking up schools with free textbooks!”

Fiscal Year 2009 Textbooks…Many Still Available!

Fiscal Year 2010 Textbooks..Act Now to Get the Most Popular Texts!

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