CORE Officers Michael Brunson (Recording Secretary), Karen Lewis (President), Jesse Sharkey (Vice President), Kristine Mayle (Financial Secretary)
Karen Lewis, a high school chemistry teacher who has been a fierce opponent of Mayor Daley’s Renaissance 2010 program to shake up and rejuvenate public schools, handily defeated two-term president Marilyn Stewart for the leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union early Saturday.
Lewis and her Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) slate won in a virtual sweep against Stewart’s United Progressive Caucus team that has been in power for 37 of the last 40 years, with Lewis trouncing Stewart by a 3-2 margin.
