The Chicago Teachers Union on Wednesday discussed their next steps in lengthy contract talks with Chicago Public Schools. CPS and CTU have begun fact-finding hearings this week, a required stage in negotiations before the union can legally go on strike.
The Chicago Teachers Union sends a lot of young people to prison, but to find out why you will need to read on. And that’s something too many youngsters cannot do after attending Chicago Public Schools.
Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union sent a letter reaffirming their commitment to being a sanctuary place for all students, parents, and employees.
The teachers union and district officials have used a fact-finding process three times since 2010 and twice, it ended in a strike.
Contentious labor contract negotiations are overshadowing the needs of Chicago Public Schools students and parents.
The Chicago Teachers Union was the biggest spender in Chicago’s first school board elections, which pitted the union against pro-school choice groups as both angled for influence on a new, partly-elected board.
Teachers and other school workers, who are determined to fight against years of austerity and lost purchasing power, must reject the illusions peddled by CTU leaders about the supposed “transformative” contract.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) released a joint letter on Thursday reaffirming that they are a "sanctuary" space for "all students, parents, employees ...
While Martinez touted tentative agreements for lower class sizes in the youngest grades and more planning time for special education teachers, teachers union officials said there have been no new agreements since Dec.
Sean Harden, a Chicago native who has worked in real estate and workforce development, is leading the new partly elected board at one of the more tumultuous periods in CPS’ history.
In Chicago Public Schools, which has received thousands of migrant students in recent years, schools are training staff and families on their rights and grappling with how to convince their communities that schools are safe.
With the TRO against the Board of Education in place, the fired CPS CEO remains in charge of Chicago Public Schools.