". @SharkeyCTU1, the wonky president of the @CTULocal1 who has waded through various disputes with city officials & pushed for substantial social justice-oriented changes at @ChiPubSchools, has announced he won’t seek reelection to the union’s top office this spring."
Pritzker proposes 5.4% increase to early childhood and K-12 education funding in 2023 budget, with modest increases to higher education.
@cassiechicago and I's story for @chalkbeatCHI: https://t.co/KN7dGjDyDs
"Several Illinois charter schools received contract renewals, but for only two to five years. Andrew Broy, president of the Illinois Network of Charter Schools, said high-performing schools should get a 10-year contract because the renewable process is tedious."
"Several Illinois charter schools received contract renewals, but for only two to five years. Andrew Broy, president of the Illinois Network of Charter Schools, said high-performing schools should get a 10-year contract because the renewable process is tedious."
“The city lost 85,000 Black residents between 2010 and 2020, with families attributing their departure to their neighborhoods being stripped of amenities and resources."
New school-level data Chalkbeat obtained shows Chicago Public Schools attendance remained below pre-pandemic rates this fall — slightly lower than the virtual fall of 2020.
But some high-poverty high schools on the South & West sides made major gains.
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"The ongoing conflict between @ChiPubSchools & the @CTULocal1 has some parents looking for different school options for their children, & philanthropy has stepped in to help them find alternatives to the district-operated schools that continue to be caught in the cross-fire."
"'The current leadership of the @CTULocal1 sees work stoppages & strikes as the 1st step, & not the last one. They are far more focused on being in front of the camera & advancing their own political careers than delivering for us,' the caucus says in a minute long video."
@ChoiceMediatv@ILSchoolChoice@tracyswartz One-size-fits-all systems cause fights, plain & simple, regardless of sector.
But Covid is now making even teachers union rank & file understand 1 set of school policies can't begin to accommodate the different needs of workers, students & families, as this union battles itself.