Category Archives: Contract Schools

published at 6:34 pm Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Report from Emergency Board Meeting 6.15.2010

CPS called  an emergency Board meeting on Tuesday, June 15 to pass a resolution that will drastically change our working conditions and the learning opportunities for our students.  The resolution was passed unanimously at the meeting, in spite of every single speaker during the “public participation” portion urging the board members to vote “no.” This [...]

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published at 7:32 pm Monday, November 23, 2009

CPS Games System to Increase Charters

CORE:   Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 2009  9 p.m. Contract-to-Charter Conversion Reveals CPS Circumvention of State Law Number of Charter Seats Requested on 11/23/09 Almost Doubles Last Year’s Total CHICAGO – On November 23, 2009, CPS is asking the Chicago Board of Education to nearly double the number of charter seats [...]

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