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Board of Education Approves Closure of 49 CPS Schools, 1 High School Program
Despite ongoing pleas from parents to keep their kid’s schools open, the Chicago Board of Education is closing dozens of them. During its monthly board meeting Wednesday, the Board of Education unanimously voted to close 49 elementary schools and one high school program. After months of public hearings, CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett emphasized that “we [...]
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Chicago Teachers Union Wants to Launch Voter Campaign to Oust Mayor, Stop School Closings
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis is going after elected officials who want to close schools. At a press conference on Monday, April 15 she said the union is planning to launch a citywide voter registration campaign to oust Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other elected officials who were part of the decisions involving the closing [...]
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Hundreds Gather Downtown to Protest CPS School Closings (PHOTOS)
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Daley Plaza Wednesday afternoon for a rally and march against the proposed 54 CPS school closings. Chanting “Whose schools? Our schools!” and “Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Rahm Emanuel has got to go!” students, teachers, union members and supporters marched down the streets of downtown Chicago. As the crowd walked down [...]
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CTU Suspends Strike, Students Back in School
Chicago teachers returned to the classrooms on Wednesday Sept. 18 after spending seven days on the picket line. For the first time in 25 years, Chicago public school teachers were on strike leaving some 350,000 children outside of the classrooms for over a week. Teachers’ union president, Karen Lewis, made the announcement on Tuesday after [...]
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Parents Search for Alternatives as Strike Rolls on to Fourth Day
CPS board of education officials and CTU delegates announced last night progress is being made in contract negotiations. But while the strike rolls on to the fourth day, parents say it is becoming more difficult to find a place to leave their children. “For the past three days I haven’t had a problem with [the [...]
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On Strike: Chicago Teachers Head to Picket Lines After CTU, CPS Contract Talks Fail
For the first time in 25 years, Chicago public school teachers are on strike. After heavy negotiations between delegates of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Chicago Public School (CPS) officials, CTU president Karen Lewis announced last night no agreement had been reached. “Negotiations have been intense but productive. But we’ve failed to come to [...]
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Chicago Teachers Union Sets Strike Date for Sept. 10
Chicago Teachers Union members will walk out to strike on Sept. 10 unless an agreement can be reached with CPS, announced union president Karen Lewis on Thursday, Aug. 30. The announcement comes one day after Lewis filed the required 10-day strike notice – an authorization issued to her by CTU delegates on Aug. 22. “This [...]
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Longer School Days for Charter Schools
CPS Grant Program to Support Charter Schools Launching a Longer School Day Raises Concern Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the expansion of a longer school day to charter school students across the city through a Chicago Public Schools grant program on Thursday Oct. 27. Approximately 42 charter schools will be eligible for $75,000 in grant funding [...]
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