Chicago Teachers Vote To Reject In-Person School
Union members approved a resolution to work remotely only starting Monday. CPS then pushed back the return of elementary staff to Wednesday.
Union members approved a resolution to work remotely only starting Monday. CPS then pushed back the return of elementary staff to Wednesday.
The Latino community in Little Village has been hard hit by COVID-19. For Candelaria Lucero’s family, the effects are all-encompassing.
These numbers come as CTU members vote on whether to teach remotely only beginning on Monday, a move CPS calls an illegal strike.
The union agreed Wednesday to ask members to vote to collectively refuse to report to schools as CPS gears up for more in-person learning.
The teachers union could ask its members to vote for a possible walkout even as the union and the school district push to reach a deal.
The turmoil in American politics is forcing parents to have sensitive conversations around processing the news with kids.
The Legislative Black Caucus and the Chicago Teachers Union both scored major victories during the lame-duck session in Springfield.
While some families were relieved to be back, opposition continues as the first COVID-19 cases crop up in reopened schools.
At a Martin Luther King Day event, Mariame Kaba, known for her work on prison abolition, said students are “taking up King’s struggle.”
The bill drafted by the legislative Black Caucus passed aims to tackle racial inequity in education in Illinois.