Tag Archives: CORE

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 4:26 pm

CORE Protests Deneen Turnaround

found in CORE Stuff, CPS, CTU | tagged as , , , |

An impressive crowd including Deneen students and parents, Jonathan Jackson and some Operation PUSH members, and about a dozen CORE members took to the streets on February 23rd to protest CPS’s plan to turn Deneen school over to AUSL for their turnaround experimentation.   AUSL remains the turnover agency of choice in CPS despite new studies [...]

Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8:15 pm

New Video Shows CORE Speaking Out

found in Chicago Teachers Union, Labor News | tagged as , , , |

CORE Speaks Out
The above link will lead you to a new video on blip.tv showing several CORE members and other community members speaking out against the news wave of school closings.   Particularly highlighted is CORE’s Presidential Candidate Karen Lewis, who shows herself to be a powerful and well-informed speaker on several occasions throughout the video.