COREs own Gabriel Paez did a beautiful job connecting sanctuary to our contract in this WBEZ piece for those who haven't seen it listen here.

Linda Perlaes threw down last week at the indivisible rally at Lipinski's office and connected dots for everyone to overwhelming applause. The demands for a strong contract and sanctuary schools are deeply connected and linked to CORE and CTU's efforts to address social, economic and racial inquiry in our schools and the city.

President: Jesse Sharkey

Vice President: Stacy Davis Gates

Financial Secretary: Maria Moreno

Recording Secretary: Christel Williams

If you are a CORE Candidate for our 2019 slate, get your basic information here 

CORE's Michelle Gunderson published this article in Living in Dialogue 

By Michelle Strater Gunderson.  Originally published in Living in Dialogue March 5, 2015

I recently had an epiphany while listening to Melissa Katz, a wonderful student activist from New Jersey, talk about corporate education reform on the radio. When speaking about the swift and drastic changes in education based on implementation of Common Core and aligned tests she used the word upheaval.

Upheaval. Think about it. Is this what you are experiencing in your school setting?

The roll out of Common Core standards, aligned tests such as PARCC and Smarter Balance, and new punitive evaluations has produced what I call the Triumvirate of Upheaval. The combination of all three has disrupted almost every school in our country.

By Michelle Strater Gunderson.  Published on Living and Dialogue Site on Feb. 28, 2015

“What the best and wisest parent wants for his child, that must we want for all the children of the community. Anything less is unlovely, and left unchecked, destroys our democracy.”      John Dewey

Last week the Local School Council at Nettelhorst Elementary School in Chicago voted unanimously to write a letter of opposition to the PARCC exam, and gave permission to the parent/teacher organization to distribute testing opt out information to all families.