Reports that the ProActive Chicago Teachers & School Employees Caucus led by teacher Deborah Lynch-Walsh has unseated the incumbent officers of the Chicago Teachers Union in an election in May 2001. Number of positions in the union taken over by caucus members; Recent shakeups in the union's ...
CHICAGOThe president of the Chicago Teachers Union said late Monday the union was reviewing a new contract proposal from Chicago Public Schools, but it was too early to say if it would be enough to avert a Tuesday morning strike in the nation’s third-largest school district. Union President ...
Lewis became a chemistry teacher after leaving medical school. She taught at three Chicago high schools, including Lane Tech, where she also served on the local school council. That led to her run for CTU president and ultimately talk of challenging Emanuel in the 2015 election. At least one ...
The union’s president, Jesse Sharkey, tweeted Tuesday night as rumors of the shift circulated: “A win for teachers, students and parents. It’s sad that we have to strike or threaten to strike to be heard, but when we fight we win!” ...
Stacy Davis Gates, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, spoke at the Chicago Teacher’s Union (CTU) press conference near Chicago Public School Headquarters downtown on June 28, 2023. Photo by Tyger Ligon for The TRiiBE® On the state level, we want Gov. Pritzker and the government ...
aThe Chicago teachers union decided Sunday to continue its weeklong strike, extending an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over teacher evaluations and job security provisions central to the debate over the future of public education across the United States 芝加哥教师工会决定星期天继续它一...
Teachers, parents, and students are not happy at Chicago's education leadership--there is mounting frustration with the Board of Education, the CPS bureaucracy, and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) leadership. As President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan take the Chicago model of slo...
"This is cowardly and it's the ultimate bullying job," said Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union. "We're stabilizing our district so we can build the academic performance," CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennet said. From parent pickets to protests, whether it was displaying anger at...
The union previously said the two sides had been close to a deal on pay, but far apart on teacher evaluations, benefits and other issues. Teachers were concerned about job security in the wake of a new program that evaluates them based on their students’ standardized test scores. Union boar...
The country’s teacher union leaders don’t make many joint public appearances. But a Democratic presidential ticket that includes a former educator offers one reason for an exception. National Education Association President Becky Pringle and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten link...