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 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 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 10:00 pm
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Here’s a link to the “Enough” video clip circulated by the organizers of the “We Are One” rally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APOzpztuzWg
published at 9:35 pm
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
On March 29th, the US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the October 2010 ruling by Judge Coar in the US District Court which ordered CPS to rescind the discharge of tenured teachers, develop a recall policy, and cease from carrying out similar discharge proceduresactions in the future. The decision only affects the tenured teachers improperly terminated [...]
published at 3:15 am
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis today announced a stunning court victory that brings tremendous benefits to public school students and parents, and restores justice to teachers who were unlawfully fired by the Chicago Board of Education (BOARD). U.S. District Judge David H. Coar today declared that the firing of tenured teachers under the Board’s [...]
published at 2:08 pm
Thursday, August 19, 2010
CPS Budget Hearings Teachers, students, parents and community members demonstrated their anger at open budget hearings Tuesday, Aug 18th at Lane Tech HS and Wednesday, Aug 19th at Westinghouse HS. Another hearing will take place tonight, Thursday, Aug 20th, at Corliss HS (821 W 103rd St). Article at Another article at
published at 5:24 pm
Sunday, June 20, 2010
From The Chicago Sun-Times: …[A]s teachers union president, [Karen Lewis] is aiming for the top once again — right for Daley. She has her sights set on the mayor’s piggy bank of tax increment financing funds. She calls his pet education project, Renaissance 2010, “a disaster.” “He’s had 15 years of reform…” “All we ever [...]
published at 5:55 pm
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Dear Members: In these final days of the school year, make a list of phone numbers and e-mail addresses of teachers at your school. Talk to your students’ parents and get their contact information as well. We need your help in organizing this summer. Download the spreadsheet at the bottom of this post and e-mail [...]
published at 6:34 pm
Wednesday, June 16, 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 [...]
