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Comment on CORE wins high schools in landslide! by A tale of two cities. Historic union upheaval. « Fred Klonsky's blog

A tale of two cities. Historic union upheaval. « Fred Klonsky's blog — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:27:50 +0000

[...] File Educators swept the High School seats on the Executive Board, out polling the incumbents in a landslide. 41.923365 [...]

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Selected Upcoming Events « Chicago Labor & Arts Festival Blog — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:26:31 +0000

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

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[...] 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 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 "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!

Comment on CORE "Welcomes" Arne Duncan Back to Chicago by cyber

cyber — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:02:03 +0000

OMG…

So I wanted to re-locate because they won’t hire me here because I’m black
and over 40…but with this news of him having all this money to spend to put
his cronies in to privatize nationwide, there is no hope…

what an awful day for education
when this Mayor Daley henchman Obana’s basketball buddy
was unleashed nationally…I can only hope
that someone is keeping an eye on his punchlist who is “profiting”
off his “miracle” philosophy of education.
Because someone will be?

Follow that money trail