Category Archives: Protests

published at 4:17 pm Tuesday, May 4, 2010

CORE-A Video Resume VOTE CORE on June 11th

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published at 5:08 pm Monday, April 26, 2010

No More Cuts! If you aren’t CROOKS…OPEN THE BOOKS!

Tell Data-man Huberman: NO CUTS! OPEN THE BOOKS! ALL BUDGET DATA ON THE TABLE NOW! Rally 4 p.m. / Press Conference 10 a.m. Wednesday April 28th, 2010 We’ve seen the raises for Huberman and his friends … we’re supposed to just trust him on the rest? 4 p.m. RALLY! Ask IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan [...]

Topics: Alerts / CORE Stuff / CPS / News / Protests / School Board
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 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 [...]

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published at 7:29 pm Thursday, August 6, 2009

Labor Beat Covers the Advance Illinois Protest

Click To Play CORE Communications Committee member Dave Vance produced this wonderful video for Labor Beat covering June’s CORE protest of the Arne Duncan/Advance Illinois Protest. Introduction from Labor Beat: Before President Obama appointed Arne Duncan Secretary of Education, Duncan was the CEO of the Chicago Public Schools. Under his control there, Chicago Public Schools [...]

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published at 3:52 pm Thursday, March 5, 2009

Rennaissance 2010 – what is it – why it matters

Hear from CORE member Jackson Potter on the history of Renaissance 2010 and witness a recent protest that CORE was instrumental in organizing along with our partners in the Grassroots Education Movement.

Topics: Events / Protests / Videos