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.
Jackson [...]
Category Archives: Alerts
published at 3:09 pm
Sunday, November 15, 2009
CORE Extends Condolences to the Family of Michael Scott, CBOE President
published at 7:33 am
Monday, August 17, 2009
CPS Budget Hearings
So you were fortunate enough to get your hands on the copy of the proposed 2009-2010 CPS Budget. You were one of a proud few as this has been one of the most hidden budgets in CPS history.
The budget may prompt you to ask questions like,
Why is Ron Huberman blaming teacher pensions for a possible [...]
published at 4:19 pm
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Truthout.org on the EEOC Complaint
From Truthout.org
Public-private partnerships between Chicago’s City Hall, where two men named Richard Daley have ruled more than 40 of the last 55 years, and a gaggle of corporate bagmen from the Gates, Bradley, Walton and other foundations have honed a disastrous “education reform” agenda that is now national policy. In Chicago, where dozens of neighborhood [...]
published at 6:26 pm
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
More News on EEOC Complaint
Journalist Bruce A. Dixon chronicles CORE’s EEOC Complaint on Black Agenda Report and Common Dreams.org:
In May, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan declared [1] the Obama administration’s intent to close and “turn around” 5,000 ‘underperforming” public schools in poorer neighborhoods across the country. Duncan’s last job was CEO of Chicago’s public schools where he shut down [...]
published at 8:59 am
Saturday, June 13, 2009
CORE’s EEOC Complaint in the News
From Chicago Public Radio’s City Room:
The District [CPS] has come to rely on the turn around method to fix failing schools. The turn around calls for the entire school staff to be laid off and new replacement teachers hired. CORE member and teacher, Lois Ashford, explains.
ASHFORD: Somehow, we have become the problem for [...]
published at 4:27 pm
Thursday, June 11, 2009
CORE Files Discrimination Charges Against Board of Education
CPS Turnaround Policy Disproportionately Affects African-American Educators
Last night, Wednesday, June 10th, the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that school “turnarounds,” a “Renaissance 2010” policy, have a disparate impact on African American teachers. Teachers who filed the charges contend that African American teachers suffer a [...]
published at 11:13 am
Monday, June 8, 2009
CORE to Discuss School Closings with the Progressive Democrats of America Tonight
Chicago Public Schools Closings: The REAL Story
The Progressive Democrats of America welcome CORE members Norine Gutekanst, Karen Lewis and Jackson Potter to their June meeting to discuss Renaissance 2010.
When: Monday, June 8, 2009
Time: 7 pm, meeting, (6:30 pm, socialize)
Where: Brehon’s Pub, 731 N. Wells, Chicago
(Corner Superior and Wells)
published at 11:09 am
Monday, June 8, 2009
CORE’s Ongoing Campaign Against the “20 Day Rule”
CORE is organizing a campaign against the “20-Day Rule” that has been implemented for years in the Chicago Public Schools. The rule allows schools to open or close positions as late as the twentieth day of the school year. Many students are left without a teacher for the first weeks of school while some teachers [...]
published at 5:25 pm
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Theft of Pay Update
Teachers- If you feel that the 5-Day Paycheck will bring you undue hardship as you attempt to pay your May 1st bills, download the following attachment and fax it to CPS by 5:00 PM tomorrow. They can cut you an advancement on your paycheck.
Please share this link with your staff. Send an e-mail to coreteachers@gmail.com [...]
published at 7:44 am
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Fighting the Board’s Theft of our Pay
By Carol Caref
Teachers and other school employees are outraged that CPS is “messing with our money” and that the current CTU leadership is letting them. CPS is changing the timing of our pay. Up to now, we got paid one week after the end of the pay period. Starting May 8, we will have to [...]