“Stubborn”. That’s what my mom calls it. My cousin says it’s “petty”. “Unreasonable”, if you ask my education policy friends. But no matter how many ways I hear it; I can’t get beyond the fact that after every other stakeholder in funding and support of Chicago Public Schools has carried a share of the burden, the Chicago Teachers Union still…
Month: October 2016
Reason #3 on Why CPS Teachers Shouldn’t Go on Strike: We Need to Work Together to Save the District
You don’t cut off your nose to spite your face. That’s what my grandmother told me when I skipped an entire week of my freshman year of high school because I was upset with my mom and dad. Sometimes anger can cause people to lash out in ways that are ultimately far more harmful to them than to the object…
Reason #2 on Why CPS Teachers Shouldn’t Go on Strike: It’s ALL About Money! (5-part Series)
Regardless of what you might hear in the news, understand this one thing: If the Chicago Teachers Union goes on strike, it will be about money…period. Now, if you have been listening to the TV news or consuming a ton of social media, you might think that the pending strike is a referendum on all things Chicago Public Schools. You…
These Chicago Families Don’t Want Teachers to Strike
On September 28, 2016 members of the Chicago Parent Congress gathered for a prayer vigil in hopes that the Chicago Teachers Union would choose not to walk out on the children. There’s also a plethora of parents who are raising their voices to express concern for children’s safety and missing critical instruction time if a teacher strike occurs.
Ald. Brookins Against Teacher Strike
On October 11, Chicago public school teachers may go on strike for the second time in four years, not including an illegal one-day strike last Spring. Eighty-seven percent of union members voted to support the strike but the vote was criticized for intimidating teachers who might be opposed to the planned walkout. Pro-union politicians, including Alderman Howard Brookins and State Representative LaShawn Ford have publicly discouraged a strike because of…
Reason #1 on Why CPS Teachers Shouldn’t Go on Strike (5-part series)
The central question in this whole “teacher strike” fight is this: Do teachers in Chicago make enough money? In a word…yes. When it get’s down to it, teachers (especially teachers in Chicago Public Schools) are heroes. At some level, there is no amount of money that we could EVER pay them that would be “enough” for the service that they…
I Just Sued the School System
Storyteller and Youtube creator Prince Ea recently launched a video questioning the growth of the school system. Does he make a point? Check it out and let us know below!
CPS Teacher Questions Where is the Same Outcry for Our Students?
Though I support my fellow educators in their outcry to be heard, to be compensated fairly, and to have a voice in a field that is too often thankless and, in today’s society, the world’s punching bag, before I can agree on the terms in which they choose to strike I ponder, “Where is this same outcry for our students?”…