Comments for Caucus of Rank and File Educators

Comment on January 9th Summit at Malcolm X by Educational Summit at Malcom X College – Caucus of Rank and File Educators

Educational Summit at Malcom X College – Caucus of Rank and File Educators — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:43:50 +0000

[...] Year We Stopped 6 School Closings. This Year, Help Us Stop Them All! Educational Summit at Malcom X College – 1900 W. Van Buren – January 9th, 2010 10 AM-1 PM CORE will announce slate – [...]

Comment on House of Delegates Endorses Lois Ashford and Jay Rehak by CTU’s Pension Endorsement Update – Caucus of Rank and File Educators

CTU’s Pension Endorsement Update – Caucus of Rank and File Educators — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:22:33 +0000

[...] House of Delegates, the legislative body of the CTU, voted earlier this month to endorse all six candidates for pension board teacher trustees. This included the two UPC candidates endorsed by the Union’s executive board, two [...]

Comment on CTPF Retiree Pension Trustee Candidate: Lois Ashford by CTPF Voting Procedures for Displaced Teachers – Caucus of Rank and File Educators

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:05:26 +0000

[...] Lois Ashford, 0ne of CORE’s candidates for Chicago Teachers Pension Fund Trustee was displaced when her former school, Copernicus Elementary, was turned-around by the Chicago Board of Education. She realized was that the one thing they could not take away from her was her guaranteed defined-benefit pension. [...]

Comment on CORE “Welcomes” Arne Duncan Back to Chicago by CORE Takes Back the “Education Conversation” – Caucus of Rank and File Educators

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:48:13 +0000

[...] State Representative Greg Harris (D-13th), State Senator Heather Steans (D-7th), Robin Steans (Advance Illinois), and Larry Joseph (who heads the Budget & Tax Policy Initiative at Voices for Illinois [...]

Comment on CTPF Retiree Pension Trustee Candidate: Lois Ashford by A Message from Pension Trustee Candidate Jay Rehak – Caucus of Rank and File Educators

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:52:04 +0000

[...] Rehak and Lois Ashford are your CORE-endorsed candidates for Pension Trustees. They will both keep future retirees in the [...]

Comment on Jay Rehak – CTPF Teacher Trustee Candidate by A Message from Pension Trustee Candidate Jay Rehack – Caucus of Rank and File Educators

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:34:15 +0000

[...] Jay’s Top Five Points Regarding the Pension Fund: [...]

Comment on CORE Supports Bilingual and ESL Teachers Heading to Springfield by John Whitfield

John Whitfield — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:11:55 +0000

Bilingual / Bicultural Educational programs, (Dual Language being one of the better forms of BL / BC Ed.)
and ESL, that has always been the main component of Bilingual Education programs, is here to stay in Chicago, and in Illinois. And it won’t fall by the way side, like the obliterated schools that have been closed, and that have been subsequently privatized, while the sheepish CTU has looked stood by. ESL programs alone, when there are multiple languages in the school setting, and not twenty speakers of the same language, are worth fighting for also, just as they have always been.
We will fight for it in Springfield, fight for it in Washington, and take the fight wherever it has to be taken. We have Lau vs. Nichols under our arms, and tons of research to prove that we know what works for our ELL students. There has been nothing more important that has happened to me in my life, than having become bilingual, and my own three students all having benefited from becoming bilingual in the Chicago Public Schools, graduates of Morgan Park HS, Kelly HS, and Kennedy HS.

Comment on CORE Forges Ahead with EEOC Lawsuit by George Schmidt

George Schmidt — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:16:58 +0000

Now that John Kugler has published the June list of tenured teachers who were terminated, someone might want to sit down and figure out how many of those teachers were veterans (and over, say, 40 years old) to complement the EEOC complaint on race discrimination with one on age discrimination.

Comment on CORE Files Discrimination Charges Against Board of Education by CORE Forges Ahead with EEOC Lawsuit | Caucus of Rank and File Educators

CORE Forges Ahead with EEOC Lawsuit | Caucus of Rank and File Educators — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:53:43 +0000

[...] CORE has filed discrimination charges against the Chicago Board of Education for its “turnarou… [...]

Comment on CORE “Welcomes” Arne Duncan Back to Chicago by shashona

shashona — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:39:15 +0000

I am an African American Female over 40 with 23 years of service. I have 2 Masters and 5 middle school endorsements. I am the kind of teacher that they do no want and will not hire at CPS. Since I have tenured, they will stop at nothing to rid themselves of tenured teachers who make enough money to feed themselves and have a roof over their heads. I have also noticed a new training technique that principals are using since Huber-Boy came in. Principals are being told to “Get teachers by any means necessary”. This involves getting students who are severe and chronic behavior problems to attack, assault and verbally harass tenured teachers. When the teacher tries to defend themselves they get together with this student and concoct lies that are sent to the Law Department. I have a list of at least 15 teachers who have experienced this kind of attack. As far as Arne Duncan is concerned, he’s quite an expert on how to rid the system of teachers who are over 40. I am sure that he will do the same as he moves from state to state attacking and firing tenured teachers. It is a sad day in education. To the young people that are being hired, remember, we were young too once. When we were hired they loved us too. Look and observe what is happening to older teachers. That’s what will happen to you in the future!