published at 7:02 pm
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Join CTU Saturday, August 13th at the Bud Billiken Day Parade & Picnic Each school year we honor and nurture our students’ talents. On Bud Billiken Day we help excite them about everything the new school year offers. Join CTU in celebrating with our students and families as we call for a better school day. [...]
published at 3:52 pm
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
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
published at 4:39 pm
Friday, May 20, 2011
Art Teachers Redefined is an art exhibition organized by art teachers “honorably dismissed” by the 2010 Chicago Board of Education policy that gave CEO Ron Huberman and local principals unlimited power to fire teachers without due process. The teachers were forcibly unable to work, losing benefits, pensions, and the respect of their communities. Hosted by [...]
published at 12:56 pm
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
A recent op-ed piece from writer Chris Hedges has been circulating the internet. Hedges article, “Why the United States is Destroying Its Educational System” has been posted in Truth-out.org and TruthDig.com; the link to the article has been emailed and forwarded by many educators. In the article, Hedges slams the popular policies of standardized testing and the demonization of teachers which cloaks [...]
published at 1:54 pm
Monday, April 11, 2011
Read Valerie Strauss article in the Washington Post (04/08/2011) about the consequences of hiring the wrong people to head up the largest school district in the country. In typical form, the departing CEO blames media for highlighting her insensitive gaffes. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/school-reformers-hypocritical-blame-game/2011/04/07/AFDRZFyC_blog.html
published at 12:00 pm
Monday, April 11, 2011
CORE member, Jen Johnson, challenges the myth that the length of the CPS school day is shorter than those at other comparable school districts. Watch the clip from Progress Illinois: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuAI4by0Fao
published at 10:58 pm
Saturday, April 9, 2011
We Are One Rally. Chicago, Illinois. Saturday, April 9, 2011. Thousands of Illinoisans rallied in downtown Chicago on Saturday, April 9th, to show solidarity with workers in Wisconsin and other states, to renew the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King who gave his life 43 years ago in support of striking sanitation workers in [...]
published at 6:05 am
Friday, April 8, 2011
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 [...]
published at 6:03 am
Friday, April 8, 2011
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 [...]
published at 6:42 am
Monday, February 28, 2011
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 [...]
