Tag: Chicago Schools

What Are Chicago Teachers Actually Paid? Crunching The Numbers

Chicago teachers are expected to vote to authorize a strike next week after months of negotiations over teacher pay — and how much teachers will contribute to their pensions — have faltered. The $5.4 billion Chicago Public Schools budget, adopted in August, relies on a contract proposal rejected by the union in February that would raise teachers’ pay but require them to contribute more…

Sun-Times: CPS Seeks to Shut Down Four Charter Schools in June

From the Chicago Sun-Times, on November 5, 2015: Chicago Public Schools is moving to close four underperforming South Side charter schools in June and is encouraging parents of students to find new schools. CPS said Thursday they’ll shut down Amandla Charter High School, 6800 S. Stewart; Betty Shabazz – Barbara A. Sizemore Academy Elementary School, 6936 S. Hermitage; CICS –…

Letter to Rev. Jesse Jackson: There’s a Revolt Against Testing and Charters But It’s Not Coming From Parents

In a recent Sun-Times column, Charters and Heavy Testing Hurt Our Schools, the Rev. Jesse Jackson boldly proclaims that parents across the country are “revolting” against standardized testing and teacher accountability and marching against public charter schools. Well, there is a revolt against testing but it is not coming from parents. The fact is, when the tests were only about judging students…