Category Archives: News

published at 11:21 am Thursday, December 29, 2011

Support Crane High School

  2245 West Jackson Boulevard Alumni / LSC / CTU LOCAL 1 Meeting Tuesday 1/3/12 5:30pm PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND ATTEND. Click here for the Facebook Event page.

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published at 6:57 pm Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Fight School Closings & Turnarounds

CORE-istas: Please attend the following hearings on school closings and turnaounds.   Also, join the Facebook Event and spread the word. Nash Elem. -Erie/Cicero Fri. Jan. 6th @ Austin HS, 6-8pm Fri. Jan. 20th @ Austin HS, 6-8pm Wed. Jan. 25th @125 S Clark, 8-10pm Best Practice HS- Adams/Damen Fri. Jan. 6th @ Creiger/Noble St., 6-8pm Fri. Jan. [...]

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published at 7:42 pm Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Mic Check at the Board of Ed

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Hand-Picked 1% Board of Education Gets Mic Checked!

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published at 11:39 pm Sunday, December 11, 2011

Retirees Please Vote the ART Slate!

Please Vote ART (Alliance of Retired Teachers) for CTU retired teachers delegates in the current election. Mark your ballot for the following candidates and mail it back to the union now. The candidates are endorsed by the leadership. Fred Ackerman               Steve Livingston               Jean Schwab Robert Bures                   Sarah Loftus                      Willie Scott Theresa D. Daniels        Beatrice Lumpkin             Jack Silver Marybeth [...]

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published at 9:33 pm Sunday, December 11, 2011

Stop the Hit List!

From Labor Beat Watch it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPyiW-XQfQc In early December, 2011 Chicago Public Schools announced its “hit list” – schools it is targeting for closings or turning-around. Recently, the Chicago Education Facilities Task Force created guidelines, where the CPS followed none before, on how targeting of schools had to be first discussed with those [...]

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published at 9:59 pm Saturday, December 10, 2011

CORE Meeting Monday December 12

December CORE meeting Monday, December 12 4:30pm – 6:00pm National Assoc. of Letter Carriers Hall 3850 S. Wabash

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published at 9:52 pm Saturday, December 10, 2011

CORE Holiday Party

Come to CORE’s Holiday party for food, drinks, music, dancing and karaoke! Efebinas Cafe’s chefs will be preparing food and pitchers of sangria just for us. We’re asking attendees for $20.00 to help with the cost of the party. For more info about the party and to RSVP, you can call 312 375 8898. When: [...]

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published at 1:23 pm Sunday, December 4, 2011

Legal Defense Fund for Brian Galaviz

CORE Friends, CORE member Brian Galaviz, respected educator and activist, recently became a victim of police brutality and needs our help. Brian is an amazing youth and community organizer who is passionate about teaching and learning. Brian has been a member of CORE since it began. He was a leader in the fight against the militarization of [...]

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published at 9:18 pm Saturday, November 26, 2011

Educator Event at Victory Gardens Theater

On December 8th from 5-7pm, educators are welcomed to Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, for cocktails, snacks and a preview of several social justice and arts related opportunities for them and their students. If you are interested, RSVP with Megan Campbell at 773-634-9874 or show up! Educators in attendance will: Hear [...]

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published at 9:04 pm Saturday, November 26, 2011

Bill Watkins Book Party

The Assault on Public Education CORE member and Professor William Watkins brings together some of the nation’s leading scholars and activists, including Pauline Lipman, Ken Saltman,  and Alfie Kohn, to explore and critique the effects of market-based policy on public-school reform in his new book, The Assault on Public Education: Confronting the Politics of Corporate School Reform. [...]

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