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published at 10:12 am Sunday, August 30, 2009

Feeling Nostalgic

Remember the January Board of Education Meeting? GEM mobilized this massive protest against the Chicago Board of Education to end Renaissance 2010. For the first time, 6 schools were saved from phase-out, consolidation, turnaround, and closing. The struggle is not over. The Board has just voted to push out Pulaski Fine Arts Academy from its [...]

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published at 7:29 pm Thursday, August 6, 2009

Labor Beat Covers the Advance Illinois Protest

Click To Play CORE Communications Committee member Dave Vance produced this wonderful video for Labor Beat covering June’s CORE protest of the Arne Duncan/Advance Illinois Protest. Introduction from Labor Beat: Before President Obama appointed Arne Duncan Secretary of Education, Duncan was the CEO of the Chicago Public Schools. Under his control there, Chicago Public Schools [...]

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published at 3:52 pm Thursday, March 5, 2009

Rennaissance 2010 – what is it – why it matters

Hear from CORE member Jackson Potter on the history of Renaissance 2010 and witness a recent protest that CORE was instrumental in organizing along with our partners in the Grassroots Education Movement.

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published at 6:39 am Monday, February 9, 2009

PROTEST REN2010

Stop Renaissance 2010 Check out CORE member Al Ramirez’s new video on the protests against Ren 2010 this past Wednesday, January 28th. Also view Labor Beat’s coverage of the January 28th protest. CORE and the Grassroots Education Movement helped organize the event, we are calling for a moratorium on Renaissance 2010. Labor Beat’s coverage of [...]

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published at 12:00 pm Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Renaissance 2010 Strikes Again

Renaissance 2010 Strikes Again from jackson potter on Vimeo.

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