published at 9:27 am
Friday, February 12, 2010
CORE is currently touring schools to talk about the issues that effect the teachers and PSRPs in Chicago. One of the most prominent complaints it the lack of transparency in Union matters under the current leadership. CORE is working tirelessly to bring information to membership, in spite of resistance by the current administration. One option [...]
published at 9:00 am
Friday, February 12, 2010
On Wednesday, February 10th, CORE came out to support or brothers and sisters protesting school closings outside of Board of Education headquarters at 125 S. Clark.
published at 6:00 pm
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
In this Issue: Meet CORE Candidate for Financial Secretary, Kristine Mayle. Hundreds gather at CORE/GEM’s January 9th Education Summit. Fighting School Closings New Board President CTU pushes presidential debate.
published at 8:15 pm
Monday, February 8, 2010
CORE Speaks Out The above link will lead you to a new video on blip.tv showing several CORE members and other community members speaking out against the news wave of school closings. Particularly highlighted is CORE’s Presidential Candidate Karen Lewis, who shows herself to be a powerful and well-informed speaker on several occasions throughout the [...]
published at 7:51 pm
Thursday, February 4, 2010
After the House of Delegates meeting last night, CORE came out to support the the Guggenheim School community as the Board slates the Englewood School for closing. CORE Candidate for Financial Secretary, Kristine Mayle describes the evening, filled with pain and joy at Substance News. After the meeting, the community protested the proposed closing outside [...]
published at 9:38 pm
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
There will be a strategy meeting to stop school closings at Operation Push this Saturday. When: Saturday, February 6th, 12 noon Where: 2nd floor Conference Room, Operation Push 930 East 50th Street
published at 9:22 pm
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
CORE member Katie Hogan is having a birthday and you’re all invited. Katie will be having a birthday fundraiser at Quenchers on Western and Fullerton this Friday. All proceeds go to help CORE win this year’s union election. Please join us to celebrate. Quenchers This Friday, February 5th. 2401 North Western Avenue 4:30pm
published at 6:17 pm
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
CORE Co-Chair Jackson Potter is a delegate to the “Catalyst Caucus,” an ongoing online discussion between teachers, unionists, students, and other educational stakeholders. The current topic is school turnarounds. From Catalyst: Jackson Potter Co-chair of CORE and teacher at Little Village High School of Social Justice, CORE-Caucus of Rank and File Educators Role: Delegate [Potter]: [...]
published at 4:41 pm
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
CORE plans to attend every closing hearing again this year. We will post stories from the hearings on this website. CORE members and Substance muckraker Jim Vail offers this excellent report on the public hearing for Guggenheim Elementary’s closing. “Guggenheim Fighting Hard” By Jim Vail Substancenews.net January 30, 2010 Report Reprinted by Author’s permission. For [...]
