Category Archives: CORE Stuff

published at 5:54 pm Monday, January 11, 2010

Education Summit

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 [...]

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published at 11:53 am Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Master Harold and The Boys Fundraiser

Tickets are now available for Master Harold and the Boys at Timeline Theatre on February 11, 7:30 p.m.  This award-winning play which was banned in South Africa when it was first produced in 1982, is now being made into a film in that country.  The work of author Athol Fugard is distinguised for conveying strong [...]

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published at 5:35 pm Monday, December 14, 2009

January 9th Summit at Malcolm X

Last January, history was made when over 500 parents, students, and activists turned out at Malcolm X College to protest Renaissance 2010 and Chicago’s turnaround school policy.   Shortly after, CPS changed their mind on 6 schools that were slated for closing.   Unfortunately, since 2004 over 70 CPS sch0ols have been closed and over 10 percent [...]

Topics: CORE Stuff / Meetings / Outreach
published at 9:51 pm Sunday, November 22, 2009

CORE Will Hook Up Your Classroom With Textbooks

With school book budgets severely cut this year, many classrooms are looking for books.   One source of books often overlooked by teachers struggling to find required texts for their classroom is the Illinois Textbook Relocation Program.   Download one of the spreadsheets below, contact the schools, and the books will be ready for pick-up. Recently, CORE [...]

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published at 9:34 am Saturday, June 20, 2009

CORE Fundraiser Tonight Emerald Loop

Come help CORE celebrate the end of the school year. Emerald Loop Bar & Grill 216 N. Wabash Ave. $25 covers drinks beer, wine, pop and appetizers. Saturday, June 20th 9pm until ?

Topics: CORE Stuff / Events
published at 4:29 am Thursday, September 11, 2008

Download our pamphlet

For more information about the Caucus of Rank and File Educators, dowload this PDF pamphlet (288 KB).

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published at 6:43 am Monday, September 8, 2008

Our Planks

CORE is a group of dedicated teachers, Para-professionals and other champions of public education. We hope to transform our Union into an organization that actually fights for its members. Below is a proposal for change that we hope you will help us develop and fine-tune. All of our jobs are on the chopping block with [...]

Topics: CORE Stuff