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Showing posts with label Chicago TU. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago TU. Show all posts
Friday, May 25, 2012

One Third of Chicago Teachers Hold Massive Rally

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 Unashamed Randi posing as a CTU supporter Who is that lady on the right trying to get into the picture and pose as a militant? Was R...
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Chicago: Puny Humans Strike Back Against Rhambo Terminators

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Following on my post an hour ago ( Tweed Terminates, Grady HS Resists ): Jesse Jackson joins union in protest of school closing policies a...
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Monday, February 20, 2012

Honk if You're Proud of the UFT

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Chicago teacher Katie Osgood @ KatieOsgood_tweeted I am SO proud of the CTU! "Chicago & NYC school reform: Creating possi...
Monday, August 23, 2010

What Role Did Randi Play in LA Teacher Head Waiver on Teacher Evals?

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American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten met with district and union officials during a visit to Los Angeles this week...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

What a Union Can Do: 'Hey Barack!... Race to the Top Is a Crock!'

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MAKING FOR A VIBRANT UNION: IN THE 2ND ARTICLE, NOTE THE HEALTHY INTERNAL DEBATE IN CORE, SOMETHING THAT CAN NEVER HAPPEN IN UNITY IN NYC...
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Thursday, August 5, 2010

UPDATE: CTU Pres Karen Lewis: US SCHOOLS FACE PERFECT STORM

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"We have to stop thinking of school buildings as magic castles where the real world doesn't penetrate." Lewis talks to Paul J...
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

What is the job of an AFT convention delegate?

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The top-down structure of the AFT appears to allow for the “locals” to choose roughly 15-20% of the resolutions, while the leadership gets ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

AFT Convention: UFT/CTU Deal Expose Fault Lines in School Closing Policy

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There is no more volatile issue than that of closing schools. It leads to disruption of students, parents and teachers who are tossed onto ...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

CORE Rocks, Unity S_cks! - Part 1

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Photo by George Schmidt I have a lot to write on this topic but won't throw it all at you in one shot. Here is Part 1. There were a lot ...
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Monday, June 28, 2010

Class Size Victory in Chicago

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The Chicago management tried to use threats of class size increases to get parents riled up against teachers but the new Chicago Teacher Uni...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Antonucci's EIA on CHI: Teamsters in the House

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There are few out there with more knowledge and a better understanding of the underlying forces in teacher union politics (more so about t...
Monday, June 14, 2010

What drives school reform is a single focus on profit. Profit. Not teaching, not learning, profit. - Karen Lewis

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A new day in the Chicago Teachers Union Lee Sustar looks at the far-reaching impact of the reform victory in the CTU. June 14, 201...
Sunday, June 13, 2010

CORE Core Values and UFT/Unity Caucus: NOT

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Note the CORE core values - most are completely opposite from where UFT/AFT/Unity Caucus stands. Norm Susan Ohanian Notes on CORE Victory...