Emanuel’s new bare-bones school budget fails to restore damaging cuts
“Mayor is again prioritizing paying bond holders who are laughing all the way to the banks they own – while continuing to harm our students by refusing to seek new revenue from those most able to pay,”...
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State education board backs up charges that Emanuel’s hand-picked school...
Bombshell findings back up charges by teachers, parents, grassroots activists that mayor’s school execs wrongly denied services to schoolchildren, undermined parents and educators seeking help for...
View ArticleNew survey shows CPS special ed problems continue despite ISBE probe
Despite claims that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has fixed the special ed problems at issue in a state probe, the vast majority of parents and teachers responding to a new survey say they continue to...
View Article‘They beat us down’
The following is testimonial from CTU member Bessie Tsitsopoulos at a March 21 Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) open hearing for the public inquiry examining special education services and...
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Report card data further underscores gap in ‘growth’ between Chicago schools,...
(Photo: Illinois State Board of Education) Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in response to the release of Illinois State Board of Education report...
View ArticleStop Over-Testing: Stop Rauner’s Rule Change!
In his final days as governor, Bruce Rauner’s Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is trying to rush through a rule change that would increase unfair testing burdens on schools and target high...
View Article7AM, Tues.: Teachers to oppose CPS test that undercuts newly arrived...
Forcing non-English-speaking students to take high-stakes test robs children of valuable learning time and undercuts students’ education, charge teachers, who urge CPS to support parents who want to...
View ArticleSay NO to more standardized testing!
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is considering changes to the state assessment system. Make your voice heard! Complete this ISBE survey today. Despite ISBE’s intent to make positive...
View Article7AM, Tues.: Teachers to oppose CPS test that undercuts newly arrived...
Forcing non-English-speaking students to take high-stakes test robs children of valuable learning time and undercuts students’ education, charge teachers, who urge CPS to support parents who want to...
View ArticleSay NO to more standardized testing!
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is considering changes to the state assessment system. Make your voice heard! Complete this ISBE survey today. Despite ISBE’s intent to make positive...
View ArticleEmanuel’s new bare-bones school budget fails to restore damaging cuts
“Mayor is again prioritizing paying bond holders who are laughing all the way to the banks they own – while continuing to harm our students by refusing to seek new revenue from those most able to pay,”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State education board backs up charges that Emanuel’s hand-picked school...
Bombshell findings back up charges by teachers, parents, grassroots activists that mayor’s school execs wrongly denied services to schoolchildren, undermined parents and educators seeking help for...
View ArticleNew survey shows CPS special ed problems continue despite ISBE probe
Despite claims that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has fixed the special ed problems at issue in a state probe, the vast majority of parents and teachers responding to a new survey say they continue to...
View Article‘They beat us down’
The following is testimonial from CTU member Bessie Tsitsopoulos at a March 21 Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) open hearing for the public inquiry examining special education services and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Report card data further underscores gap in ‘growth’ between Chicago schools,...
(Photo: Illinois State Board of Education) Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey issued the following statement today in response to the release of Illinois State Board of Education report...
View ArticleStop Over-Testing: Stop Rauner’s Rule Change!
In his final days as governor, Bruce Rauner’s Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is trying to rush through a rule change that would increase unfair testing burdens on schools and target high...
View Article7AM, Tues.: Teachers to oppose CPS test that undercuts newly arrived...
Forcing non-English-speaking students to take high-stakes test robs children of valuable learning time and undercuts students’ education, charge teachers, who urge CPS to support parents who want to...
View ArticleSay NO to more standardized testing!
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is considering changes to the state assessment system. Make your voice heard! Complete this ISBE survey today. Despite ISBE’s intent to make positive...
View ArticleCTU/Illinois Federation of Teachers LGBTQ curriculum task force
The Illinois Federation of Teachers task force is advising the Illinois State Board of Education as the Board implements HB246, the LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum Bill. The new law goes into effect for the...
View ArticleCPS finally offers to compensate special education students illegally denied...
Today, Chicago Public Schools announced that it would earmark millions of dollars to compensate more than 10,500 students illegally and improperly denied special education services by the district....
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