Category Archives: Events

published at 8:31 pm Monday, February 22, 2010

CORE and GEM Take it to City Council

From PURE: Today’s Education Committee hearing ended up being quite a show! Several aldermen gave scathing accounts of their view of R2010, and Alderman Munoz forced the committee chair to change her mind and hear public testimony from a small representation of the many folks who came out to support the R2010 school closing moratorium. [...]

Topics: Alerts / Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / CTU / Events / In the News / Legal Action / Meetings / News / Protests / School Closings / Union Busting
published at 9:22 pm Wednesday, February 3, 2010

CORE Fundraiser at Quenchers

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

Topics: Events / Fundraisers Tags:
published at 5:53 pm Friday, January 29, 2010

CORE Co-Chair Jackson Potter on Duncan’s Testing Agenda

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 [...]

Topics: Events / Meetings / News / Outreach
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 [...]

Topics: CORE Stuff / Events Tags: ,
published at 11:43 pm Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Educational Summit at Malcolm X College

Last Year We Stopped 6 School Closings. This Year, Help Us Stop Them All! Educational Summit at Malcolm X College – 1900 W. Van Buren – January 9th, 2010 10 AM-1 PM CORE will announce slate – RSVP on Facebook

Topics: Alerts / Events / News / Outreach
published at 1:05 pm Saturday, September 26, 2009

CTPF Voting Procedures for Displaced Teachers

Lois Ashford, one of CORE’s candidates for Chicago Teachers Pension Fund Trustee was displaced when her former school, Copernicus Elementary, was turned-around by the Chicago Board of Education. She realized that the one thing they could not take away from her was her guaranteed defined-benefit pension. The pension is currently under attack  through intense lobbying [...]

Topics: Elections / Events
published at 4:11 pm Monday, September 21, 2009

Join the CORE 100

CORE has received tremendous support in the past year. Thousands have attended our events and joined us in our fight to save public education in Chicago and beyond. We have mobilized CTU membership around issues from responsible staffing,  to school closings, to the theft of our pay. We have filled the gaps that have been left [...]

Topics: Fundraisers / News
published at 10:34 am Sunday, August 30, 2009

CORE Member and National Teaching Fellow Xian Barrett to Speak on Panel

Topics: Events / News Tags:
published at 10:12 am Sunday, August 30, 2009

Feeling Nostalgic

Remember the January Board of Education Meeting? GEM mobilized this massive protest against the Chicago Board of Education to end Renaissance 2010. For the first time, 6 schools were saved from phase-out, consolidation, turnaround, and closing. The struggle is not over. The Board has just voted to push out Pulaski Fine Arts Academy from its [...]

Topics: Events / In the News / News / Protests / Videos Tags:
published at 7:33 am Monday, August 17, 2009

CPS Budget Hearings

So you were fortunate enough to get your hands on the copy of the proposed 2009-2010 CPS Budget. You were one of a proud few as this has been one of the most hidden budgets in CPS history. The budget may prompt you to ask questions like, Why is Ron Huberman blaming teacher pensions for [...]

Topics: Alerts / Events