published at 5:53 pm
Friday, January 29, 2010
Jan 31 Jackson Potter will speak on Arne Duncan’s plan to use standardized tests nationwide for both teacher and school evaluations. Potter was a teacher at Englewood High School before they closed it down. He is opposed to many – or most – of Duncan’s policies, as well as what he views as an ineffective [...]
published at 8:48 pm
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
January 27, 2010 CORE attended another monthly Chicago Board of Education meeting to support the school communities devastated by the announcement of their schools being closed, phased-out, consolidated, or turned-around. CORE Candidate for Financial Secretary, Kristine Mayle, spoke out against the 15 years of educational experiments made possible by mayoral control of Chicago’s schools. From [...]
published at 7:57 pm
Monday, January 25, 2010
Thank you, Julie from PURE. 1) Hold CPS accountable at the January Board meeting, Wednesday 1/27; sign up to speak – get there well before the 8:30 sign-in. 125 S. Clark Street. Then walk over to the State of Illinois building to… 2) Hold the state of Illinois accountable by attending the P-20 Council meeting [...]
published at 10:44 am
Sunday, January 24, 2010
On January 18th, 2010, CORE marched alongside members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFSCME, and SEIU, in defense of public services. As many of the powers-that-be promise to cut public sector jobs and raid the pensions of public workers, CORE marched to the Board of Education, the Commercial Club, and the CTA headquarters alongside hundreds [...]
published at 7:36 pm
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The CPS scheduled 18 school closings hearings to take place before the Board votes on whether or not to close, consolidate, turnaround or phase out the 14 schools on their hit list. Last year, CORE attended every single one of the hearings. Many of these hearings were documented here. This year, we will be hosting [...]
published at 4:19 pm
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Last year, 22 schools were slated for closure, turnaround, consolidation, or phase-out. CORE/GEM’s massive mobilization efforts spared 6 schools. Let’s work together to fight these costly experiments from City Hall. Contact coreteachers@gmail.com to be part of the fight. Attend the CORE general meeting this Thursday, January 21st at Manny’s Deli 1141 S. Jefferson. 4:15 PM. [...]
published at 3:40 pm
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Meet The CORE SLATE at Our Friday CORE Meet-Up The New Way 2010 Come out and show your support for CORE and victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Where: Lindy’s Wold Famous Chili (Bar and Restaurant), 3685 S Archer Ave When: Fri., Jan. 22nd, 4:30-6:30 Cover: There is no cover. Raffle tickets will be available [...]
published at 5:21 pm
Monday, January 18, 2010
CORE announced our slate for the May 2010 Union Officer Election at the Educational Summit at Malcolm X College on January 9th, 2010. Our candidates were voted in by CORE membership on January 6th, 2010. CORE believes that we’re living in a new time where the board flippantly closes schools and destroys careers with no [...]
published at 3:33 pm
Monday, January 18, 2010
The Board of Education will announce this year’s round of school closings, consolidations, phase-outs, and turnarounds this month. CORE is building the opposition to the Board’s flippant dismantling of public education. We have reached a critical moment where we need you to work with us to fight the Board every step of the way. Attend [...]
published at 5:54 pm
Monday, January 11, 2010
At Malcolm X College Saturday, hundreds of people stepped forward to demand the the city stop privatizing our schools and end Renaissance 2010 once and for all. The day began with keynote speeches by Lily Gonzalez who helped lead the fight against closing Peabody School last year, Kellina Mojica of Chicago Youth Initiating Change, Lois [...]
