*at the time of the broadcast, the CTU provided no details or documentation for their lawsuit. This may be due to the fact that the charges have no legal precedent and the actual transgression had not yet occurred.
Category Archives: turnarounds
published at 8:17 pm
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
CORE Presidential Candidate Karen Lewis on Garrard McClendon Live 6/8/2010
published at 9:10 pm
Sunday, June 6, 2010
“We need to reclaim what it means to be Local One.”-Karen Lewis
Karen Lewis on Moving Forward June 3, 2010.
published at 6:18 pm
Thursday, June 3, 2010
CTU Unity
Karen Lewis’ speech to the House of Delegates (6/2/2010):
Good afternoon. I would like to thank PACT, CSDU and SEA for running honest campaigns, based on the issues; and for their support.
I am honored … and exhilarated. Those of you who are unaligned and voted for CORE, thank you.
Last week’s rally was incredible. All of us [...]
published at 9:12 pm
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
CORE Files Lawsuit to Force CPS to “Open the Books”
CORE Files Suit Against the Board of Education for Hiding Budget Numbers
SUIT FILED 5/20/10
From The Chicago Tribune:
Teacher’s group sues CPS over access
May 20, 2010
A union group that is vying for power in Friday’s Chicago Teachers Union election has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education, claiming it is [...]
published at 4:17 pm
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
CORE-A Video Resume VOTE CORE on June 11th
CORE FOR CTU Ad on Vimeo.
published at 11:00 am
Sunday, February 28, 2010
CORE High School Functional VP Candidate Sean (Xian) Barrett at Operation PUSH
Saturday, February 27th, 2010, Sean (Xian) Barrett spoke at Operation Push, asking the audience to support the Chicago Public Schools, even in the wake of the Board’s claims of a budget shortfall that will force major concessions from the CTU and from the students we teach. His marks are reprinted below.
Good Morning Rainbow Push and [...]
published at 6:08 pm
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Press Release: Board of Education Hides School Closing Votes from Community
Today eight Chicago Public Schools were closed or “turned around” by a secret Board of Education vote. Abandoning past practice, the Board did not have a public roll call vote. Mary Richardson-Lowry, the new Board President, simply ordered to “record the last positive vote,” not even mentioning the schools by name, but referred [...]