Substance and George's wonderful legacy
I have known George since the 1980s when I belonged to the TAC II caucus and we shared office space with Substance newspaper on East Van Buren Street. Bob Healey (CTU President) belonged to the . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education's June 2018 meeting
The monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education was as tumultuous as such meetings have been lately, with the Board continuing to hold fast to its policies as much as possible, despite widespread criticisms . . .
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BOARDWATCH: May meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
The Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 42 West Madison Street, Chicago, lower level. All current Board members were present: Mark Furlong, Alejandra Garza, Jaime Guzman, . . .
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RTAC
The annual banquet of the Retired Teachers Association of Chicago (RTAC) again showed the organization's power, both among retired teachers and administrators -- and among political leaders. RTAC held its 92nd annual Spring Membership Luncheon . . .
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BOARDWATCH... Board's May 2018 meeting faces major issues with evasions...
The Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 42 West Madison Street, Chicago, lower level. All current Board members were present: Mark Furlong, Alejandra Garza, Jaime Guzman, . . .
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BOARDWATCH...
The Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at its headquarters at 42 West Madison Street, lower level. Present were board members Mark Furlong, Alejandra Garza, Jaime Guzman, . . .
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BOARDWATCH: MARCH 2018 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education hears about problems in Chicago high schools, ignores pleas of students, parents and teachers...
The Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at its headquarters at 42 West Madison Street, lower level. Present were board members Mark Furlong, Alejandra Garza, Jaime Guzman, . . .
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BOARDWATCH: January 2018 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
The January 2018 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education formally approved the appointment of Janice Jackson as the latest "Chief Executive Officer" of the nation's third largest school system, and then took a number . . .
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Board of Education controversies continue at September 2017 meeting
Major controversies continued at the September 2017 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education, as Board members ignored charges of conflicts of interest against "Chief Executive Officer" Forrest Claypool and General Counsel Ronald Marmer. The . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education's October 2017 meeting
The Chicago Board of Education (CBOE) held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at 42 West Madison Street, lower level. Many of the concerns were the same as last month, Special Education, Nightingale . . .
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Board of Education meeting
The Chicago Board of Education (CBOE) held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at 42 West Madison Street, lower level. There was a lot of concern expressed by charter schools about "the Board's . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Protests ignored by Chicago Board of Education at its final meeting of the 2016 - 2017 school year...
Protests both inside and outside the Chicago Board of Education's Loop headquarters didn't stop the seven members of the Board from approving the agenda that was placed in front of them at the Board's final . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education's May 2017 meeting
The Chicago Board of Eduction continues to meet only once a month despite all of the important decisions that have to be made at each of its meetings. And so, the Chicago Board of Education . . .
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Chicago Board of Education meeting of April 26, 2017...
The regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education took place at the Board's Loop headquarters during the working day on April 26, 2017, beginning at ten thirty in the morning. Two of the . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education's May 2017 meeting
The Chicago Board of Education (CBOE) held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at its headquarters at 42 West Madison Street, Lower Level. Some issues were the new Science requirements for high . . .
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Rally in support of Sarah Chambers brings 200 people to Southwest Side school...
On Tuesday, April 18, 2017, students, teachers and parents rallied in support of Sarah Chambers, who has been removed as a teacher at Saucedo elementary school. Various sources cited the number of people at the . . .
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CORE leadership misses its own non-meeting 'meeting' on April 25 at Letter Carriers union hall... Discussion held despite failure of leaders to show up...
Things became stranger and stranger within the Caucus Of Rank and file Educators (CORE) on "meeting" day, April 25, 2017. Three regional CORE events, instead of one CORE meeting, were once again scheduled, despite growing . . .
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BOARDWATCH: April 26, 2017 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education...
The Chicago Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at its headquarters on Madison Street between State and Dearborn. Two Power Point presentations took place -- presenting a simplified . . .
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BOARDWATCH: The February 22, 2017 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education saw major criticisms of the leadership of Forrest Claypool...
Controversies were clear as the Chicago Board of Eduction met on February 22, 2017, for its monthly public meeting. As a result of the latest round of school-level cuts, the Board was criticized for making . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education's March 22, 2017 meeting
The Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held its regular monthly meeting on March 22, 2017, at its Chicago Public School (CPS) headquarters on Madison between State and Dearborn. A number of concerns expressed during Public . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of January 25, 2017 faces challenges about facilities plans and privatization schemes...
Despite attempts by leaders of the Chicago Public Schools to continue to shift responsibility for Chicago's public school funding to the State of Illinois, a large number of people challenged the Board at its January . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education February 22, 2017 meeting... Criticizing new cuts' impact on Latino schools, Jesse Ruiz forcefully quoted the late Holocaust Survivor Elie Weisel, 'The opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is indifference' and asked that the cuts be rescinded...
Immigration problems, Special Education, and the impact of budget cuts were some of the concerns expressed at the regular monthly Board meeting on Wednesday, February 22. 2017, at Chicago Public School (CPS) headquarters on Madison . . .
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BOARDWATCH... Chicago Board of Education continues expensive and ineffective privatization push in the face of increasing facts to debunk it... Steinmetz responds to new building plans on NW side...
The Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held its monthly meeting at Chicago Public School (CPS) headquarters on Madison Street between State and Dearborn Streets on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. Board member Dominique Jordan Turner has . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Tumult during December 7 2016 Chicago Board of Education meeting as special education cuts are denounced and the Board is challenged about corruption by parents and its own Inspector General... Major issues outlined despite charter schools' attempts to pack the meeting...
At the Wednesday, December 7, 2017, meeting of the Chicago (BOE) Board of Education (replacing the previous regularly scheduled November and December meetings) at the Board's Loop office at Madison near Dearborn, many topics dominated . . .
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BOARDWATCH: October 26, 2016 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
When the Chicago Board of Education began its monthly meeting on October 26, 2016, few members of the 'public' knew that there would be only one more meeting of their local school board between Halloween . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education ignores financial reality at September 28, 2016 meeting, approving $2 million more for 'turnaround' and hundreds of millions for building schools for the already privileged...
With the probability of a Chicago Teachers Union vote to set a strike date looming later in the day, the members of the Chicago Board of Education met on September 28, 2016, without regard to . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of October 26, 2016 anticipating approval of the Chicago Teachers Union's 'Tentative Agreement' (TA)...
At the regularly scheduled October meeting of the Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday, October 26, 2012, at the Loop Office on Madison Street, the Board members heard optimistic projections about the anticipated approval of the . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Board members make clear at August 24 meeting that they are not interested in improving public schools by challenging the plutocratic priorities they have been appointed to prolong...
It was repeated over and over by public speakers at the August 24, 2016, meeting of the Chicago Board of Education. Would the individual members of the Board support the resolution, now before the Chicago . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Board members and expensive bureaucrats spend Board meetings texting -- and watching You Tube videos? -- rather than listening to public participants while the Board meets (only once a month)...
Chicago students taking Drivers Education classes are now reminded that 'distracted driving' in 2016 includes people who are texting or using cell phones while trying to drive as well. Maybe it's also time that we . . .
BOARDWATCH: July 2016 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education ...
The seven-member Chicago Board of Education held its monthly meeting on July 26, 2016, once again at the Board's downtown office and not in the city's more than 500 public schools, in the community. Once . . .
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BOARDWATCH: August 24, 2016 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education hears from dozens of angry parents and teachers denouncing the latest round of cuts and the attacks on special education services...
The Chicago Board of Education met for its monthly meeting on August 24, 2016, with six of the seven members of the Board present. The Board's meeting had to approve the main item on the . . .
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BOARDWATCH: July 2016 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
Budget concerns dominated the regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at Chicago Public School (CPS) headquarters at 42 West Madison Street. Roll call indicated all Board . . .
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BOARDWATCH... June 22, 2016 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education...
Sixty persons are allowed to sign up to speak during public participation at any regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) at Chicago Public School (CPS) headquarters at 42 West Madison Street. . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of January 27, 2016...
The Chicago Board of Education held its monthly meeting on January 27, 2016, and by the time the meeting had ended, there were a number of pleasant surprises for parents, teachers and community leaders who . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of December 16, 2015... Board ignores most criticisms of privatization and approves a massive security camera contract that will prove a waste of money....
The Chicago Board of Education met for its final meeting of 2015 on December 16, 2015, at the Board's downtown Chicago offices, at one North Dearborn. The meetings was preceded by a great deal of . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Complete report on the January 27, 2016 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
The Chicago Board of Education met on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at the Board's downtown Chicago offices, at One North Dearborn, lower level. Of the 60 individuals who pre-registered to speak, approximately half did not . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of January 27, 2016
The Chicago Board of Education held its monthly meeting on January 27, 2016, and by the time the meeting had ended, there were a number of pleasant surprises for parents, teachers and community leaders who . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of December, 16, 2015 highlighted by continued protests against CPS lies and corruptions...
There was a festive holiday air at the Chicago Board of Education's (BOE) regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at the Chicago Public Schools' (CPS) Loop Office at 42 West Madison Street, Garden . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Clark, Claypool and Rahm Emanuel's Board of Education continue to attack Chicago's real public schools, expand corrupt charter 'campuses' despite massive public outcry...
By the time the six members of the Chicago Board of Education came out of their closed session and voted to further expand the city's charter schools despite facing supposed budget problems, fewer students, and . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of November 18, 2015... Claypool continues Board's Big Lies about Springfield, while continuing to ignore CPS's short changing on local revenues...
The Chicago Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Loop office, 42 West Madison Street, Garden Level, in the "Board Room." Dr. Mahalia . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Privatization business as usual at the October 28, 2015 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education... Charter supporters get extra time, while CPS security grabs microphones away from critics of the Board's privatization policies...
The Chicago Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Loop Office at 42 West Madison Street, Garden Level, in the Board Room. Board . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of September 29, 2015 highlighted by large public protests against latest budget lies before the Board doubles down on its privatization and austerity agenda for the 2015 - 2016 school year...
The first meeting of the Chicago Board of Education during the 2015 - 2016 school year was tumultuous, as hundreds of people protested cuts in the schools -- especially cuts in special education services -- . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of July 22, 2015 was highlighted by renewed public protests against budget lies... Later, the Board continued insulting unions, promoting expensive and vacuous privatization schemes, and fawning on charter schools...
The regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education held at the Board's "new" downtown headquarters (in the old Sears store building, a building not meant for the administration of the nation's third largest . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of August 26, 2015 highlighted by large public protests against budget lies before the Board doubles down and votes to approve its $5.7 billion budget for the 2015 - 2016 school year...
Prior to the Chicago Board of Education regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, August 26, 2015, at the Chicago Public Schools Loop Offices at 42 West Madison St., were demonstrations by the Dyett High School hunger . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of July 22, 2015 highlighted by large public protests against budget lies, while new faces show the same corporate leadership of the nation's third largest school system...
The Chicago Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at the Chicago Public Schools Loop Offices at 42 West Madison Street, Garden Level, in the Board Room. Preceding the . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of May 27, 2015 highlighted by organized apologetics for charter schools... Chicago Teachers Union teachers ignored the meeting, having done a 6:30 a.m. protest for the TV cameras earlier that morning...
Nearly one third of the people who signed up to speak at the May 27, 2015 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education were on behalf of one school (Urban Prep charter school), but because . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of June 24, 2015 highlighted by suppression of public participation and further touting of charter schools expansion.... CTU Financial Secretary pulled from microphone on Vitale's orders while speaking listing the Board's latest wasteful expenses...
Once again, the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held its regular monthly meeting in a South Side side neighborhood community on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The meeting at the spacious campus of Gwendolyn Brooks College . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Board members' truancy doesn't stop the continued expansion of charters in Chicago while the Board talks about holding charters to 'high standards' while continuing to promote charter expansion at the expense of the city's real public schools...
The Chicago Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting at its headquarters at 42 W. Madison Street, just west of State Street on the morning of Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Present were Board members . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of April 22, 2015 highlighted by Board's continued support for its failed policies and people... Ruiz becomes 'Interim CEO' of CPS....Critics cut off after two minutes and then told 'Sit down and shut up!' by Vitale (as usual)....
Surprisingly, there were no protesters outside the new headquarters of the Chicago Board of Education at 42 West Madison Street before the regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 22, 2014. Nobody protested the excessive standardized . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of February 25, 2015 continued the Board's privatization and charter school policies despite the verdicts of the February 24 municipal election against Rahm Emanuel and the massive vote for an elected school board!
The Chicago Board of Education met on February 25, 2015, the day after the vast majority of voters in Chicago voted that it should not exist in the form it has taken for more than . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of March 25, 2015 was highlighted by large public protests against against the filth program due to the Board's privatization of custodial services... CPS officials also continued to repeat their lies about CPS 'losing money' due to PARCC Opt Outs....
Workers in purple and gold jackets from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1, waving gold banners, marched and chanted along the north side of Madison Street in front of the headquarters of the Chicago . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education meeting of February 25, 2015 continued the Board's privatization and charter school policies despite the verdicts of the February 24 municipal election against Rahm Emanuel and the massive vote for an elected school board!
The Chicago Board of Education held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, at 42 West Madison Street, the old Sears Loop Store, at the "Garden Level", which is now the small Board Meeting . . .
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December 17, 2014 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
[The following article was kept in a �Queue File� in December and early January 2014 � 15 during the time that the Substance website was �crashed.� After the site was repaired by Substance computer engineer . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Complete report on the November 19, 2014 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education. More than 500 people attended the meeting, probably the largest turnout at a Chicago school board meeting in history...
The November 19, 2014 regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education normally would have been held at 125 S. Clark Street at 10:30 a.m., but the Board is in the process of moving . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Board of Education will begin meeting in the community, with November 19 meeting to be held at Westinghouse High School... October 22, 2014 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education continues privatization as usual but makes several surprises public as well
On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held at its apparently last regular monthly meeting at 125 S. Clark Street, before its move to new headquarters downtown. The Board announced that . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Board meeting sees fewest 'public participation' participants in more than a decade at the first meeting of the Chicago Board of Education for the 2014 - 2015 school year on September 24, 2014
Sixty slots were available for people to speak at this month's regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) at 125 S. Clark Street. Only twenty-six people signed . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Languid Board of Education meeting during week before school begins in Chicago
Attendance was sparse at the regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday, August 17, 2014 at 125 S. Clark Street. Many people were at Millennium Park to honor the Jackie Robinson . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education June 25, 2014 meeting report
[Editor's Note: The following article is re-published here at substancenews.net so that our readers have the opportunity to get the full flavor of what took place during the June 25, 2014 meeting of the Chicago . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Report on the June 25, 2014 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education tried to focus public on Student Code of Conduct while ignoring millions in new privatization deals and more charter school expansions...
The Chicago Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at 125 South Clark Street. The 306-page agenda included revisions to the Student Code of Conduct (SCC) dozens of other . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Board continues to insult parents, critics who disagree with CPS and City Hall school policies while encouraging slanderous versions of reality during testimonies on behalf of turnarounds and charter schools
At the the regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at 125 S. Clark Street, there were many serious items on the public agenda. These included the approval . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board meeting shows disregard for protests from communities against AUSL, 'turnaround'
A large number of individuals who protested the proposed turnaround of Dvorak, McNair, and Gresham elementary schools dominated the public participation portion of the Chicago Board of Education monthly meeting held on Wednesday, April 23, . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Heated exchanges at March 26, 2014 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education as more than a dozen irate parents denounce investigations into the Opt Outs from the ISAT and other matters
Concerns about the Illinois Standard Achievement Test (ISAT), planned school closings of three so-called "under-performing schools," and the conversion of Ames Middle School into a military school dominated the public participation portion of the monthly . . .
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BOARDWATCH: February 26, 2014 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education continues Vitale's policy of suppressing democratic speech against CPS policies with escalating viciousness...
At the regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education at 125 S. Clark Street on February 26, 2014, more parents of children at traditional neighborhood schools finally got a chance to speak during . . .
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BOARDWATCH: February 26, 2014 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education continues Vitale's policy of suppressing democratic speech against CPS policies with escalating viciousness...
At the regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education at 125 S. Clark Street on February 26, 2014, more parents of children at traditional neighborhood schools finally got a chance to speak during . . .
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BOARDWATCH JANUARY 22, 2014... Longest Board of Education meeting votes to expand charters, renew daily physical education while ignoring massive and growing opposition to charter expansion
An overnight protest outside the entrance to the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) at 125 S. Clark Street and dueling press conference (for and against charter school expansion) preceded the Board's regular monthly meeting on . . .
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CONGRESSMAN DAVIS BETRAYS UNIONS... Final meeting of the Chicago Board of Education for 2013 continues Board's assault on the city's real public schools while eliminating more and more of the public from the 'public participation' in the lone public meeting of the month
The December meeting of the Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at 125 S. Clark Street began with festive holiday performances by Kenwood Academy and Lane Tech High School. Kenwood Academy guys . . .
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BOARDWATCH: November 20, 2013 Board meeting sees fist fight, protests against overcrowding, and denunciations for past year's hypocrisy about 'underutilization'
Before the regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education began on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, both sides of the arcade next to the Board lobby at 125 S. Clark Street were filled with . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Board of Education hears about latest annual 'Promotion Policy' and who must go to summer school. Then real schools continue to expose CPS incompetence and abuses from closings and the clout-heavy facilities plan
A new promotion policy was the main item on the agenda of the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) meeting of October 23, 2013. The promotion policy was dealt with at the Board's monthly meeting on . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Report on the September 25, 2013 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education... Facilities plan generates most comment, but Board's inconsistencies are exposed again
Approval of the Educational Facilities Master Plan (EFMP) and adoption of a new Information Security Policy were the main items on the agenda at the regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Board . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education approves controversial budget and 'performance' policy while forcing the public out of the meeting
The FY14 (Fiscal Year 14) Budget Proposal and the SY14-15 (School Year 2014-2015) "School Quality Rating Policy" were the the two main items on the agenda at the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) monthly meeting . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Almost another 'Blow by blow' as the Chicago Board of Education continues to strangle democracy using the powers of the appointed school board, mayoral control, and Kafkaesque rules at its July 24, 2013 meeting
The Fiscal Year (FY) 14 Proposed Operating Budget was the main topic at the monthly Chicago Board of Education (BOE) on Wednesday, July 24, 2014, at 125 S. Clark Street in the fifth floor chambers . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Protesters continue to challenge Chicago Board of Education at June 26 meeting
If you weren't a protester, but simply a pedestrian on Clark Street north of Adams, on Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at around 10:30 a.m., you really had to squeeze your way between all the protesters . . .
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CPS censorship of Board meeting broadcasts becoming a major public policy issue... Repeat publication of the Substance report on the May 22 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
[Editor's Note: Even those who are used to the media machinations of the Chicago Board of Education were somewhat surprised at the childish censorship of the Cable TV broadcast of the May 22, 2013 meeting . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Chicago Board of Education holds historic vote to close schools at the end of tumultuous May 22, 2013 meeting
Cries and shouts of protest from parents, teachers, and community members filled the air in the fifth floor chamber during the monthly Chicago Board of Education meeting on May 22, 2013. The meeting, held at . . .
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Retirees mobilize in Chicago Teachers Union
Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) retirees met Thursday, March 28, 2013, at 10:30 a.m at the Union Offices in the Merchandise Mart Plaza. Approximately 60-75 of more than 3,500 retiree members heard reports about legislation, pension . . .
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BOARDWATCH: After postponing the March Board of Education meeting until April out of fear of the March 27 protests, the Board hears CEO Byrd Bennett deny the racism of her racist school closing Hit List... While hundreds speak out against the racism of the plan on the eve of hearings
Accusations and denials of racism regarding school closings were tossed back and forth across the spaces of the chambers of the Chicago Board of Education at the Wednesday, April 3, 2013, rescheduled monthly meeting of . . .
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BOARDWATCH: April 24, 2013 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
Student protesters, followed by charter school supporters, filled the sidewalk in front of the Chicago Board of Education headquarters at 125 S. Clark Street before the the regularly scheduled monthly meeting in the fifth floor . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Final edited report on the Board of Education's January meeting
The Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at 125 S. Clark Street. Board Members who were present were Dr. Carlos M. Azcoitia, Dr. Henry S, Bienen, . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Detailed report of the Chicago Board of Education meeting January 23, 2013
The Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at 125 S. Clark Street. Board Members who were present were Dr. Carlos M. Azcoitia, Dr. Henry S, Bienen, . . .
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Pension Fund settles lawsuit on 'overpayment'
The Chicago Teachers Pension Fund (CTPF) notified teachers who had retired between June 2000 and August 2004, who were paid on a regular school calendar, that they may have been overpaid because their pensions were . . .
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Pension fight explained to CTU retired teachers meeting
Kevin Huber, Executive Director of the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund (CTPF), spoke about what's ahead for teacher pensions, both at the Retired Teachers Association of Chicago (RTAC) luncheon on Tuesday, October 23, and the Chicago . . .
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Board of Education meeting of November 14, 2012 features ranting against CTU by Board of Education members
On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held its regular monthly meeting at 125 S. Clark. The meeting began with school children performing songs, etc., for the Board members and the . . .
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Chicago Board of Education to deny speakers' rights to anyone who can't get to a computer to register on line
The Chicago Board of Education has announced that members of the public who wish to speak to the Board during its monthly meetings will have to register on line — and will not be able . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Board of Education's October 24, 2012 meeting witnesses continuation of 'Management Musical Chairs' and major flubs by CPS administrators
The amended Chicago Public Schools (CPS) budget for the next fiscal year was supposed to be passed at the regular Board of Education (BOE) on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at 125 S. Clark Street, but . . .
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Board of Education meeting of September 25, 2012 has smallest turnout for public participation in memory
The Chicago Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, September 25, 2012, at 125 S. Clark Street followed the suspension of the Chicago Teachers Union 2012 strike on Tuesday, September 18. Only ten people signed up . . .
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July 25 Chicago Board of Education meeting
Carrying posters while marching in orderly picket lines on Clark Street from Adams to Monroe Streets, and supervised by several police officers, CTU members and supporters expressed their views on the current state of contract . . .
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BOARDWATCH, August 22, 2012 Board meeting... Chicago Board of Education talks compromise and budget 'deficit', then approves nearly $50 million for scab centers during the CTU strike of 2012
The Board of Education met on Wednesday, August 22, 2012, at 125 S. Clark Street, to approve the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-2013 budget. Present were Board President David Vitale, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jean-Claude Brizard, . . .
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Chicago Board of Education's June 27, 2012 meeting was more of the same Board arrogance... 'The Vitale Stall' keeps the public waiting nearly two hours before 'public participation' can finally begin... Board of Education meeting of June 2012 reveals raft of lies and hypocrisies
The Chicago Board of Education met for its monthly meeting on June 27, 2012, continued to stall the public participation for as long as possible, than proceeded to pander to those who praised their corporate . . .
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July 25 Board of Education meeting
Carrying posters while marching in orderly picket lines on Clark Street from Adams to Monroe Streets, and supervised by several police officers, CTU members and supporters expressed their views on the current state of contract . . .
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'The Vitale Stall' keeps the public waiting nearly two hours before 'public participation' can finally begin... Board of Education meeting of June 2012 reveals raft of lies and hypocrisies
The Chicago Board of Education met for its monthly meeting on June 27, 2012, continued to stall the public participation for as long as possible, than proceeded to pander to those who praised their corporate . . .
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Board of Education Business As Usual on May 23 — as teachers began gathering for the largest downtown teacher march in Chicago history
The regular meeting of the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) took place Wednesday, May 23, 2012, in the fifth floor chambers at 125 S. Clark Street. The roll call indicated that two members were absent: . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Final report on the March 28, 2012 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
The proposed longer school day, increased attendance days in the school year calendar, the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget, and what was termed increased accountability for charter schools as well as regular public schools . . .
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Sparsely attended Chicago Board of Education meeting still sees fireworks
Attendance was sparse at the Wednesday, April 25, 2010 monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) at 125 S. Clark Street in the fifth floor chambers. Approximately fifteen minutes before the meeting was . . .
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March 28, 2012 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education continues massive protests against mayoral dictatorship
The proposed longer school day, increased attendance days in the school year calendar, the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget, and what was termed increased accountability for charter schools as well as regular public schools . . .
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BOARDWATCH: After massive public outcry at February 22, 2012 meeting, Chicago Board of Education members vote unanimously and without debate to turnaround ten schools and close, phase out or 'co-share' seven others
A multitude of protesters gathered in front of the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) at 125 S. Clark Street on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, to object to the threatened closings and turnarounds of elementary and . . .
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January 25, 2012 Board of Education meeting hears a large number of problems without the fireworks of the previous month
The regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education took place on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at 125 S. Clark Street. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance at 10:41 a.m., followed by . . .
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Only in Chicago... The dramatic meeting of the Chicago Board of Education for December 14, 2011 (including the complete words of the now famous Mic Check that stopped Chicago's corporate Board of Education from meeting for nearly three hours)
"O.I.C., Only in Chicago," would be the probable comment by Sister Grim, columnist for Substance News, if she had witnessed the uproar at the the regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education, at . . .
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Chicago Board of Education Meeting November 16, 2011
Attendance was light at the Wednesday, November 16, 2011, regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) in the Board chambers on the fifth floor at 125 S. Clark Street. Board Member Mahalia . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Report on the September 28, 2011 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
[Editor's Note: The following report was first published September 29, 2011, on the September 2011 Home Page of Substance on line. As our regular readers know, we flip the Home Page every month, and we . . .
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Chicago Board of Education Meeting October 26, 2011 hears more about the pros and cons of the 'Longer School Day' and a presentation attacking all existing real CPS public schools as a prelude to more attacks, closings and 'turnarounds'
At the monthly Chicago Board of Education (BOE) meeting held Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at 125 S. Clark Street, many of the speakers during public participation spoke about a longer school. After some brief announcements . . .
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BOARDWATCH: September 28, 2011 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
Over two hundred members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) protested against layoffs of custodians, security guards, and other CPS employees before the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) began its regular monthly meeting on . . .
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July 27, 2011 Chicago Board of Education meeting hears from angry teachers, approves massive overhaul of CPS administrative structure (once again, again)
[Editor's Note: The following article was originally published at substancenews.net on July 28, 2011 and is republished here for our readers who missed it at the end of our July Home Page. An analysis of . . .
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Chicago Board of Education meeting held on August 24, 2011 approves major policy changes, controversial $5.9 billion budget for 2011 - 2012 school year
On Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at the regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Board of Education (BOE), at 125 S. Clark Street, in the Board chambers on the fifth floor, which was . . .
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July 27 Board of Education Meeting... CEO Jean-Claude Brizard announces what he calls his 'cabinet'
The Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held its regular monthly meeting on the fifth floor at 125 S. Clark Street on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. The meeting followed protests on Clark Street by teachers and . . .
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BOARDWATCH: June 22, 2011 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education heard from angry teachers, parents, and others...
The Chicago Board of Education (BOE) held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, in the fifth floor chambers at 125 S. Clark Street, one week after a specially-scheduled Board meeting, which voted . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Full report from the April 27, 2011 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
[Editor's Note: The following article originally was published at Substancenews.net at the end of April 2011 and can be found there. We are republishing it here, in a slightly longer and more comprehensive version, with . . .
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Chicago Teachers Union elects eight new members of its executive board, runoff for one elementary seat
Delegates to the Chicago Teachers Union's House of Delegates on May 4, 2011, elected seven people to the union's executive board, replacing those who had gone to work on the union staff or who had . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Last meeting of the 'Daley Board' continues business-as-usual with school closings, teacher bashing, and increasing bureaucracy
Perhaps Mayor-Elect Rahm Emanuel was thinking "a new broom sweeps clean" when he planned the replacement of seven current Chicago Board of Education (BOE) members, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Education Officer, . . .
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March Chicago Board of Education meeting hears from dozens of angry parents, teachers
Two into one won't go, was one way long division was once taught. Well, two into one must go, when "consolidation" of schools in Chicago is one of the topics, as it was at the . . .
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Confrontations between charter supporters and opponents, while Board president favors charters and tries to silence opponents... Uproar dominates Chicago Board of Education meeting for January 26, 2011
The roar of the crowd of protesters could be heard as far away as LaSalle and Adams on the morning of Wednesday, January 26, 2010, as many hundreds gathered in front of the Chicago Board . . .
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Huge protests as Mazany takes over as CEO of Chicago Public Schools
City of Chicago police officers could be seen in the lobby of the Chicago Board of Education at 125 S. Clark Street on Wednesday, December 15, 2010, assisting the Board of Education in keeping control . . .
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July 28 Chicago Board of Education meeting hears from displaced teachers, disgruntled parents
Protestors, including brand-new Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) officers and staff, were in front on the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) at 125 South Clark Street Wednesday morning, July 28, 2010, prior to the Board's monthly . . .
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August 25, 2010 Chicago Board of Education meeting report
"Shame on YOU. Shame on YOU. Shame on YOU," chanted a large group of protesters marching across the street from the Board of Education (BOE) building at 125 S. Clark Street before its monthly meeting . . .
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Protests galore during July 28, 2010 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education while Board continues to restrict public participation
Protestors, including brand-new Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) officers and staff, were in front on the Chicago Board of Education (BOE) at 125 South Clark Street Wednesday morning, July 28, 2010, prior to the Board's monthly . . .
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Special Chicago Board of Education meeting on June 15, 2010 approves raising class size, borrowing $800 million
The Chicago Board of Education (BOE) called an emergency meeting on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at 10 A.M. at Board Chambers at 125 S. Clark, to address the financial problems it is facing. The meeting . . .
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Board of Education meeting features heightened security paranoia, vigorous opposition to CPS policies
The June 23, 2010 Chicago Board of Education (BOE) meeting began with the usual June recognition of principals who are retiring. There were additional "good news" items as well. Damani Bolden, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) . . .
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Board of Education meeting held on April 28, 2010... Board President blows off critics by saying everything will be "taken under advisement"...
Does anyone but Ron Huberman really believe anything Ron Huberman tells the public? That was the question just about everyone was asking as the Chicago Board of Education met for one of its rare monthly . . .
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BOARDWATCH: Report on the May 26, 2010 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education
The monthly Chicago Board of Education (BOE) meeting held on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, in the fifth floor chambers at 125 S. Clark Street, Chicago, included an extra dose of security for those who wished . . .
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Agenda full at March 24, 2010 Chicago Board of Education meeting
At the March 24, 2010 meeting of the Chicago Board of Education, chaired by Mary B. Richardson-Lowry, President, public participation generally proceeded in the same order as the list of public participants given to the . . .
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American Girl thwarted in plan to donate a library's worth of books to a Chicago Public School because... The Chicago Board of Education doesn't provide each elementary school with a full-time librarian!
At the June 24, 2009, Chicago Board of Education meeting, Gar Crispell, General Manager of American Girl on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, spoke about the American Girl involvement with schools during the public participation portion . . .
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Boardwatch July 23, 2008: Mount Greenwood story is still one of racism. The more things change, the more they stay the same
On a summer July afternoon after schools were closed for the 2007-2008 school year, seven former students from Mount Greenwood School returned to their old school, for a group photo for old-times sake. All were . . .
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Call for elected school board brings loud cheers at Chicago Board of Education meeting
February 2008 Board meeting most heated in recent memory
At the January 23, 2008, Chicago Board of Education meeting, President Rufus Williams expressed anger at one public-participation speaker who charged that some Board member . . .
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Retiree Holiday Luncheon at Chicago Teachers Union
The Chicago Teachers Union Holiday Luncheon for retirees was held Wednesday, December 5, 2007, in the Wolf Point Ballroom of the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza. Approximately one hundred retirees filled the tables.
Marilyn Stewart, . . .
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Retirees warned that guarding integrity of Chicago's pension fund is a major priority
The refreshments were plentiful and the turnout was great at the latest meeting of the retiree group of the Chicago Teachers Union, on Thursday, April 26, 2007, in the Executive Room, of the Chicago Teachers . . .
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Chicago school officials snub American Educational Research Association (AERA), researchers
Teachers and others from all over gathered to hear the latest in educational research presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), held April 9 - 13, 2007, at the . . .
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