Category Archives: In the News

published at 4:10 pm Thursday, May 27, 2010

Three CTU Caucuses Endorse CORE in the June 11th Runoff Election

CORE would like to thank the CSDU, PACT, and Independent caucuses for announcing their support for us in the June 11 runoff election. To the members and supporters of these caucuses: we welcome your support and do not take it for granted. Those of you who now enthusiastically support CORE, welcome! We look forward to [...]

Topics: CSDU / CTU / Elections / In the News / Independent Caucus / News / Outreach / PACT
published at 11:07 pm Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Thousands rally against the school budget cuts.

In a display of unity that is uncommon in an election season, all five caucuses of the CTU came together to march against Huberman’s threats of ballooning class sizes to 35 and major cuts to educational programs. Koco, Teachers for Social Justice, Pilsen Alliance, Blocks Together, and other GEM partners  organized students, parents, and community [...]

Topics: Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / Events / In the News / News / Outreach / Protests / School Board / School Closings
published at 9:12 pm Wednesday, May 19, 2010

CORE Files Lawsuit to Force CPS to “Open the Books”

CORE Files Suit Against the Board of Education for Hiding Budget Numbers SUIT FILED 5/20/10 From The Chicago Tribune: Teacher’s group sues CPS over access May 20, 2010 A union group that is vying for power in Friday’s Chicago Teachers Union election has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education, claiming it is [...]

Topics: Chicago Teachers Union / CPS / CTU / Elections / Events / In the News / Labor News / News / Outreach / Press Releases / School Board / School Closings / turnarounds / Union Busting
published at 11:20 am Sunday, May 9, 2010

CORE Takes CPS’ lack of transparency to Attorney General Lisa Madigan…and wins!

From CORE Co-Chair Jackson Potter: On April 28th, the Grassroots Education Movement, CORE and more than 50 teachers from 10 different schools throughout the city held a press conference in front of the State of Illinois building to force the Chicago Public Schools to adhere to the Freedom of Information Act. The gathering spoke first [...]

Topics: Alerts / CPS / In the News / Labor News / Legal Action / News / Protests / School Board / Union Busting
published at 4:17 pm Tuesday, May 4, 2010

CORE-A Video Resume VOTE CORE on June 11th

CORE FOR CTU Ad on Vimeo.

Topics: Charter Schools / Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / CTU / Elections / Events / Fundraisers / In the News / Labor News / Legal Action / Meetings / News / Outreach / Protests / School Board / School Closings / turnarounds / Union Busting / Videos
published at 3:48 pm Sunday, May 2, 2010

CORE Presidential Candidate Karen Lewis in the Hyde Park Herald

Click here or on the newspaper clipping above for the full story.

Topics: Alerts / Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / CTU / Elections / In the News / News
published at 8:19 pm Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Name the Names, Huberman!

Grassroots Education Movement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2010 Student Leaders and GEM to CPS: Name the Names on Contracts.  Public Budget Debates Now. No Student or Teacher Cuts. Student leaders and members of GEM, the Grassroots Education Movement, called for Chicago Public Schools to provide line-item budget details and hold immediate public hearings before [...]

Topics: Alerts / Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / CTU / In the News / Press Releases / School Board
published at 8:45 pm Thursday, March 25, 2010

CORE Co-Chair Jackson Potter on Fox News

Topics: CPS / In the News / News / Videos
published at 8:10 pm Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Press Release: Chicago Teachers Union Members Muzzled by Huberman

No Official Response from CTU to Members CORE:  The Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators CHICAGO — On March 12, 2010, CPS CEO Ron Huberman sent a memo to all CPS Principals stating that he is “prohibiting the distribution, circulation and exhibition of all union campaign material on school grounds”, including Union members’ mailboxes and a Union [...]

Topics: Chicago Teachers Union / CPS / CTU / In the News / Labor News / News / Press Releases / Union Busting
published at 6:08 pm Thursday, February 25, 2010

Press Release: Board of Education Hides School Closing Votes from Community

Today eight Chicago Public Schools were closed or “turned around” by a secret Board of Education vote. Abandoning past practice, the Board did not have a public roll call vote. Mary Richardson-Lowry, the new Board President, simply ordered to “record the last positive vote,” not even mentioning the schools by name, but referred coldly to [...]

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