Dr. Kim Scipes on how the CIO can help us in our organizing todayIn order to help deepen current organizing efforts in Chicago and beyond, Open University of the Left (OUL) invited long-time political activist and professor of sociology at Purdue University Northwest Dr. Kim Scipes to speak . . . | |  |
Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates Oct. 31, 2018, meetingThe meeting of the House of Delegates began on time at 4:15 p.m. with the pre-meeting Question and Answer period. Here are some of the things the delegates brought up.
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Chicago Teachers Union charter educators take strike vote at CICS/Civitas/QuestCTU charter teachers and paraprofessionals at four CICS/Civitas/Quest schools voted overwhelmingly to strike this afternoon in their battle for more classroom resources for students and better treatment of educators by the bosses.
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VALLAS FACTS: 'The Paul Vallas Hoax' in the March 2002 Substance exposed every lie, half-truth, and self serving utteration of VallasSubstance had the story first, with all the facts. Paul Vallas was a fraud in 1998, just as he has been exposed to be in 2013 in Connecticut. But the facts were ignored for more . . . | |  |
Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates Oct. 3, 2018, MeetingThe Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) monthly October, 2018 House of Delegates (HOD) meeting took place Wednesday, Oct. 3.
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Stories and tributes about George Schmidt available on October 2018 Substance homepageThe October 2018 Substance News homepage is devoted to stories and comments about editor George N. Schmidt, who died on Sept. 17, 2018. Stories about George’s personal life appear on the left column of the . . . | |  |
Chicago Board of Education disregards its policies when catering to those wanting segregationWhile National Teachers Academy supporters, who are fighting to keep their school open for elementary students, hope that the release of this year's school ratings could help their cause (NTA stayed at 1+ and South . . . | |  |
State school ratings are out and they don’t mean muchIllinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is using a new school rating system where they are now labelling schools across Illinois as “underperforming” and a whole host of other unproductive names. Many of their ratings . . . | |
'Annual Regional Analysis' ignores Chicago facts of segregation, poverty and disinvestmentIn the "Annual Regional Analysis," a report by Kids First Chicago and CPS that claims to provide "a universal fact-base of Chicago public schools," there is no analysis of how poverty, disinvestment and racial segregation . . . | |
CTU members urged to ask hard questions at 'Annual Regional Analysis briefings'The Annual Regional Analysis (ARA) is CPS’ latest attempt to close schools while claiming to ‘make them better’. The report was developed by Kids First Chicago, a new name for the Renaissance School Fund, a . . . | |
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Some of George Schmidt's words of wisdomSo sad, so sad, so sad. (That phrasing actually comes from a children’s book, an African folktale, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears.) Words will not suffice. What follows is but a small portion of . . . | |  |
Chicago Tribune obituary: George Schmidt, passionate Chicago Public Schools teacher, dies at 71George N. Schmidt was passionate about education and fighting injustice wherever he saw it, and he pursued both in his dual roles as a high school English teacher in the Chicago Public Schools and as . . . | |  |
Donations in George's name going to excellent organizationsIn the death notice in the Chicago newspapers, I suggested that in lieu of flowers, people may send donations in George's name to the following organizations (to which many people told me they have donated):
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Saying goodbye to George – visitations, funeral, gravesideWe held two visitations at Mt. Olive Church in Chicago on Sept. 20 and Sept. 22. Many friends came to pay their respects and comfort us. We followed the Saturday visitation with a funeral service. . . . | |  |
Thank you for your kind wordsIn the few weeks since George has died, Dan, Sam Josh and I have been helped in our sorrow by the love and support shown to us in the visits of friends, phone calls, messages, . . . | |  |
George's almost superhuman energy and briallianceI will miss my friend and mentor. Without his support my long and rewarding career would have ended after eight years. When there was nowhere for a teacher to turn for justice, there was George . . . | |  |
