Thousands of Chicago Teachers Union members and city educators are set to rally in front of the Board of Education’s
headquarters Wednesday in protest of a proposed collective bargaining
scale-back and other “harmful” school proposals that are on the table.
Jesse
Sharkey, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union met with
reporters Tuesday to clear the air about why the educators are meeting
Wednesday afternoon.
Chicago Public School teachers work almost double their required
daily instruction hours, according to a new study released Monday, and
the findings worry some teacher advocates as the district gets ready to extend the school day. Read more »
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced yesterday that the Chicago Public Schools will extend the school day next year from five hours and 45 minutes to seven hours.
The Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Teachers Union agreed today that
CPS will give additional compensation to teachers in CPS's longer school day pioneer program.
The Chicago Public Schools announced yesterday that they will give $100,000
grant rewards to schools that effectively employ the longer school day
in the 2012-13 school year.
The Chicago Teachers Union, Board of Education, and Chicago Public Schools have reached an agreement in the battle over the Longer School Day Pioneer Program.
The Illinois Education labor Relations Board voted to seek an injunction to stop the CPS Longer School Day Pioneer Program from continuing this academic year.