Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Chicago Teacher's Union Head- Karen Lewis -Back & Fired Up!

Karen Lewis and CTU Lays Out "Just Chicago" Plan



Before a sold-out audience at the City Club of Chicago, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis on Feb 2, 2015 unveiled a new plan to level the playing field for thousands of students and their families as the city inches closer to the municipal election. “A Just Chicago: Fighting for the City Our Students Deserve” serves as a challenge to the status quo—Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, and others—to do what is morally just and protect the interests of working families while fostering policies that eradicate poverty, inequality and racial injustice in our city and state.
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A Just Chicago: Fighting for the City Our Students Deserve
 New Report from CTU

by CTU Communications  |  02/02/2015

Institutional racism, poverty, systematic underfunding of education and their effects lie at the heart of problems in education. Yet, there is a complete lack of political will to even discuss, much less begin to solve, these fundamental issues. Instead, city leaders continue to privilege a small select group while ignoring community voice and needs. The results are an aggressive downsizing of city assets and services, major giveaways to connected bankers and corporate leaders, and implementation of destructive school policies that will take years to reverse.

A Just Chicago: Fighting for the City Our Students Deserve details the intimate connection of health, housing, jobs, segregation and funding to education. This report describes city policies that negatively impact CPS students, their families, and communities. Contrary to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s destructive narrative and approach to education policies, the Chicago Teachers Union demonstrates that challenges in housing, employment, justice and healthcare relate directly to education; solutions require a narrowing of the opportunity gap brought on by poverty, racism and segregation.
ILLUSTRATION: A Just Chicago
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THE REPORT

A_Just_Chicago.pdf

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  1. Before a sold-out audience at the City Club of Chicago, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis on Feb 2, 2015 unveiled a new plan to level the playing field for thousands of students and their families as the city inches closer to the municipal election.

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