MEDIA WATCH: Tribune off base on 'Dancing Lemons' editorial June 28
Editor's Note: The following letter was scheduled to be published in the July 3, 2010, edition of the Chicago Tribune and is reprinted here in full as the writer provided it to the Tribune. Other . . .
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Class Size Lies...
CTU members facing class sizes of 35 and layoffs of up to 3,000 colleagues have Marilyn Stewart to blame, though she’s trying to blame the state for this one. Her recent all-member letter, four days . . .
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On the ground at Gage Park High School
Substance. The following letter was sent to the Chicago Sun-Times after today's unanimous Board vote. What a travesty. (Deborah Lynch).
Daley/Huberman Class Size Increases: On the Ground at Gage Park High . . .
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CANDIDATES' SPEECHES TO THE MAY CTU HOUSE OF DELEGATES MEETING: Deborah Lynch's speech to the May 5, 2010 CTU House of Delegates meeting
[Editor's Note: On May 5, 2010, Substance asked the five candidates running for President of the Chicago Teachers Union for digital copies of the speeches they were delivering that night the the union's House of . . .
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Uncensored March 2 Chicago Sun-Times Letter
[Editor's Note. The following is the uncensored and complete Op Ed that Deborah Lynch sent to the Chicago Sun-Times. As readers with both versions (what Deborah Lynch wrote and what the Sun-Times published) can see, . . .
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Meeting the needs of Chicago 's 'throwaway' children... Commentary on the 2010 school closing hearings in Chicago
[Editor's note: The following opinion piece by Deborah Lynch, CTU Past President, teacher, Gage Park High School, was published January 29, 2010 Chicago Tribune on line. Published here with permission of Ms. Lynch. Deborah Lynch . . .
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Challenges Marilyn Stewart version of CTU reality, February 10 protest plans
Here are my comments from yesterday's House meeting on the motion for a 2/10 rally, FYI:
While I will vote 'yes' on this motion, I have to say that the motion is as much . . .
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'Turnarounds' the deadliest reform of all... Safety at Fenger High School was undermined by 'Turnaround,' 'School Reform'
[Editor's Note: The following commentary appears in the Chicago Sun-Times of October 2, 2009 and was provided to www.substancenews.net by Deborah Lynch, who wrote it.]
There hasn't been much mention in the coverage of . . .
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Former CTU President Criticizes Tribune coverage of 'turnaround'... Hits Duncan and CPS teacher bashing
[The following was provided to Substance by Deborah Lynch, a Gage Park High School teacher who served as President of the Chicago Teachers Union during the first years of the 21st Century. Mr. Lynch told . . .
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Balancing the budget should not be on the back of teachers and students
[The following consists of the remarks made by Gage Park High School teacher and former Chicago Teachers Union President Deborah Lynch at the hearings on the Chicago Board of Education proposed budget held on August . . .
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How Huberman cuts have affected Gage Park High School in Chicago
Substance. The following letter was sent to the Chicago Sun-Times after today's unanimous Board vote. What a travesty
Class Size Increases: On the Ground at Gage Park High . . .
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