BY staff | Chicago, IL | 2/11/21
After midnight on Wednesday, February 10, the Chicago Teachers Union officially certified ballot results ratifying an agreement between the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) that will provide a framework for returning to in-person learning in Chicago Public Schools.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 2/08/21
Late in the night of Saturday, February 6, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) received a tentative framework from Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for the resumption of in-person learning. CTU members will evaluate this latest proposal and vote soon on whether to accept the offer and begin making arrangements to phase to in-person through this framework, or whether to reject the offer and face a potential lockout.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 2/07/21
At 11:15 p.m. on Thursday, February 4, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot walked away from the bargaining table again after instructing her Chicago Public Schools (CPS) leadership team to submit a “last, best and final offer” to the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU).
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 2/02/21
Talks continued between the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and the Chicago Public School System (CPS) Monday evening, February 1, even as the teachers prepared to announce a strike to start as early as Tuesday morning.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 1/30/21
Students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) stayed home and learned remotely again on Thursday, January 28.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 1/08/21
Thousands of Chicago Public Schools teachers, clinicians and staff returning to school buildings last Monday found conditions far below the standards and promises touted by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools in preparation for opening doors to students on January 11.
BY Jim Byrne | Tucson, AZ | 1/05/21
As the state of Arizona reached the highest rate in the world of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, hundreds of Arizona educators prepared a sick-out to demand two weeks of virtual learning.
BY Jim Byrne | Tucson, AZ | 1/04/21
As COVID-19 rates and deaths continue to rise in Arizona, as many as 750 educators in the districts of Chandler, Dysart, Peoria and Deer Valley are planning a sick-out to resist the order to return to in-person instruction.
BY Jim Byrne | Tucson, AZ | 12/13/20
Over 100 educators in CUSD called in sick on Friday, December 11 to express their opposition to the negligent board.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 12/12/20
More than 100 teachers, parents and community members participated in a car caravan, December 12 for safety, equality and trust.
