Tuesday, August 30, 2011 – 5:13 am
Friday, September 30th Come out at 8:30pm and have a blast while helping to strengthen our pension board to fight against corporate raiders and charter school enthusiasts. Contact Nate at goldnate@gmail.com for tickets. The Baton Show Lounge Through the years the Baton has become famous across the globe as presenting the best of [...]
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 – 11:17 am
Friday, August 19th from 4pm to 7pm and Saturday August 20th from 9am to 3pm Attend the Annual CORE Convention. Prepare for a year of organizing for educational justice and equity for the public schools! When & Where: Friday, August 19th, 4pm to 7pm @ The UIC Theater 1044 W. Harrison Street Saturday, August 20th, [...]
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 – 3:52 pm
CORE Steppers Set fundraiser and Back to School celebration!!! When: Friday, August 5th — starting at 4pm Dance lessons Food Where: The New Dating Game 8924 South Stony Island Avenue Suggested Donation: $20 Please RSVP at coreteachers@gmail.com
Friday, April 8, 2011 – 6:05 am
We won’t let corporate greed: • Push more working families into poverty • Let profits drive education decisions • Divide and conquer us Let’s march together and demand: • Raise the minimum wage • Put TIF money back into schools • Tax the rich, not working families Shuttle buses will be available. Passengers [...]
Friday, April 8, 2011 – 6:03 am
Saturday, May 21, 2011 School: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Coffee/refreshments: 9 – 10 a.m. Arturo Velasquez Institute 2800 S. Western Ave., Chicago (map location here) $20 includes Saturday lunch, Register Now Amid layoffs, budget cuts, and legislative attempts to break unions, working people and communities are fighting back and rebuilding solidarity. Chicago’s Labor Notes [...]
Monday, February 28, 2011 – 6:42 am
Chicago Teachers Union will host a special forum with noted public education advocate Diane Ravitch, author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. Saturday, March 12, 2011, 12:00 noon, at The Forum: University of Illinois at Chicago, 725 W. Roosevelt Rd. Buy your $15 [...]
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 – 7:33 am
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Thursday, December 23, 2010 – 9:18 am
Reprinted from Labor Notes Blog by Howard Ryan | Tue, 12/21/2010 – 3:34pm A billionaire gang headed by Bill Gates and Eli Broad wants to convert America’s public schools, with its $600 billion in annual public expenditures according to the Department of Education, into a corporate-owned test-score factory. Their plan faces teacher resistance, and nowhere [...]
Thursday, November 25, 2010 – 1:03 pm
Come out to CORE’s Holiday Party and Fundraiser. It’s been quite a year for CORE and the Chicago Teachers Union. Let’s celebrate together and resolve to continue our fight to defend and improve public education. Thursday December 9th, 4:00-10:00 PM Machu Picchu Peruvian Cuisine 3856 North Ashland Ave 773 472 0471 www.machupicchuchicago.com Bring cash for [...]
Monday, November 22, 2010 – 11:07 pm
Eliminate standardized testing to improve education quality November 15, 2010 This is in response to the Nov. 11 article “Are high schools making students ready for college?” Why do you think educators criticize ACT findings regarding “high schools making students ready for college?” I think the operative word here is “making.” Children know that when [...]
