Category Archives: School Closings

published at 8:43 pm Wednesday, February 24, 2010

CORE Storms the Board Again…News at 10

CORE at the Board of Education Meeting today… ABC-7 News features CORE candidate for CTU President Karen Lewis, who told the board, “Turnaround is a layoff policy, not an education policy.” CORE Pension Trustee Lois Ashford, “[Turnaround schools] aren’t better…they’re just different.” Click Here to see WGN Channel 9 coverage of CORE treasurer Carol Caref [...]

Topics: Chicago Teachers Union / CORE Stuff / CPS / CTU / In the News / Meetings / News / School Closings / Union Busting / Videos
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 9:38 pm Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Strategy Meeting to Stop School Closings

There will be a strategy meeting to stop school closings at Operation Push  this Saturday. When: Saturday, February 6th, 12 noon Where: 2nd floor Conference Room, Operation Push 930 East 50th Street

Topics: Operation Push / School Closings