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Tag Archives: CTU
CN August 2, 2012
How, we ask Catalyst Chicago’s Sarah Karp, will this compromise between the CPS and the CTU work? How will adding, on average, one teacher to each school reach the goal of a longer school day yet not require elementary teachers … Continue reading
CN July 19, 2012
Dave Stieber teaches at Team Englewood on Chicago’s south side. His high school used to be Englewood Academy, but CPS broke it into two schools. Now the other half of the building is Urban Prep, a charter school. Dave’s school … Continue reading
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Tagged arbitration, arbitrator, Catalyst-Chicago, CPS, CTU, David Stieber, Kimberly Walls, Linda Lenz, Rahm Emanuel, recall, teachers, Team Englewood
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CN July 12, 2012
Chicago Public Schools released its proposed budget this week, and it does several surprising things. First, it empties the reserve fund, leaving the system with virtually no money for unexpected situations. In addition, it funnels more and more money into … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Golab, charter schools, CPS, CPS budget, CTU, Enlace Chicago, Mike Rodriguez, murder rate
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CN June 21, 2012
“The 800 – pound banker in the room,” says blogger and former teacher Fred Klonsky, referring to the Illinois pension crisis, “is revenue. It’s the one the legislature won’t address, the media won’t address… They can keep trying to cut … Continue reading
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Tagged CTU, David Schaper, deportation, elected school board, Fred Klonsky, Governor Quinn, Illinois Legislature, local school councils, Matt Farmer, merit pay for teachers, Mike Madigan, Obama, Rahm Emanuel, strike authorization vote, teacher pensions
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CN June 14, 2012
It was another violent weekend in Chicago, and this week small pockets of that violence migrated to the Gold Coast, River North and the Red Line. It’s leaving Mayor Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCrthy scrambling for explanations and tactics … Continue reading
CN June 7, 2012
We discuss the aftermath of the Wisconsin vote this week, with an eye toward the CTU’s strike authorization vote which began hours after Scott Walker was re-elected. Curtis Black (Newstips.org) says that the Wisconsin recall was the first major, deeply … Continue reading
CN May 31, 2012
Talk about big picture. Today we take on topics like – what is the role of government? Dan Miller is our sole guest. He’s a policy advisor (and former Executive Vice President) of the Heartland Institute, which, it’s probably safe … Continue reading
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Tagged CTU, Dan Miller, Heartland Institute, Medicaid, MediCare, private sector, Teachers' Contract, vouchers
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CN March 15, 2012
On today’s show -activist journalists. George Schmidt is a delegate to the Chicago Teachers’ Union, a paid union consultant, and he writes for Substance, a “pro-union” newspaper. Joe Macare writes for truthout.com and for Occupied Chicago Tribune, which favors the … Continue reading
CN February 9, 2012
It’s a one-on-one conversation with CPS CEO J.C. Brizard this week. We discuss the CTU, turnaround schools, Mayor Emanuel’s comments in the Juan Williams “documentary” about the Chicago school system, and lots more. Some selected quotes from today’s show are … Continue reading
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