CTU demands partisan rallies so it can electioneer students
CTU demands partisan rallies so it can electioneer students
The Chicago Teachers Union’s 142-page list of demands includes codifying their most recent political rally. They took students out of class, hit them with propaganda and then marched them to the polls to vote.
By Dylan Sharkey
Chicago Teachers Union demands include 45 days off, 9 new ways to take off
Chicago Teachers Union demands include 45 days off, 9 new ways to take off
The Chicago Teachers Union contract already provides 43 days off each year to teachers during the school year, but CTU is seeking at least two more days outside of the classroom. Its demands also include nine additional or expanded types of leave.
By Mailee Smith
Chicago Teachers Union boss finally pays city bills, because of FOIA?
Chicago Teachers Union boss finally pays city bills, because of FOIA?
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates finally paid all her city trash, sewer and water bills after letting $5,381 in debt pile up. The pay-off came after an open records request was made. Hmmm…
By Brad Weisenstein
Chicago Teachers Union’s questionable finances include hiring union boss’ mom
Chicago Teachers Union’s questionable finances include hiring union boss’ mom
Since 2018, the Chicago Teachers Union has paid Robin Potter’s law firms nearly $320,000 – with thousands of that for unspecified purposes. She’s the mother of CTU’s vice president.
By William O’Keefe
Chicago Teachers Union wants taxpayers to hand $2K to each asylum-seeking student
Chicago Teachers Union wants taxpayers to hand $2K to each asylum-seeking student
When the Chicago Teachers Union negotiates its new contract this summer, one of the demands will be to give each asylum-seeking student $2,000. Why that’s CTU’s business and not for elected representatives to decide is anyone’s guess.
By Jerry Barmore
Chicago Teachers Union demands 10X boost in mediocre school model
Chicago Teachers Union demands 10X boost in mediocre school model
Chicago Public Schools’ 20 ‘sustainable community schools’ perform worse on average than other Chicago public schools in reading and math, absenteeism, graduation rates and more. The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding 180 more of the failing schools.
By Hannah Schmid
Chicago Teachers Union sets a radical example for nation’s teachers unions
Chicago Teachers Union sets a radical example for nation’s teachers unions
The Chicago Teachers Union prides itself as a leader in “bargaining for the common good” – unionspeak for contract demands related to its political agenda rather than teachers’ wages and benefits. This year’s negotiations could reverberate across the nation.
By William O’Keefe
Teachers unions lobby to limit high schoolers’ access to college credit
Teachers unions lobby to limit high schoolers’ access to college credit
The federal government sees giving high school students college credit for advanced courses as a big win. Teachers unions see it as a job threat, so they are working to limit students’ potential.
By Hannah Schmid
Chicago Teachers Union contract demands about politics, bosses’ power
Chicago Teachers Union contract demands about politics, bosses’ power
A 142-page leaked document contains hundreds of Chicago Teachers Union contract demands, from 100% abortion coverage to pay for surrogates, from housing students in old schools to a fleet of electric school buses. Then there are 180 more of the union’s favored, failing schools.
By Mailee Smith, Hannah Schmid
What you should know about the Chicago Teachers Union
What you should know about the Chicago Teachers Union
The Chicago Teachers Union put its lobbyist in the Chicago mayor's office and is now negotiating its next contract with him. What taxpayers should know about CTU, how it's impacted education, its leadership and its ambitions to be the political machine running the nation's third-largest city.
By Brad Weisenstein
Vallas: Funding should aid students, not boost Chicago Teachers Union job count
Vallas: Funding should aid students, not boost Chicago Teachers Union job count
Chicago Public Schools is changing its funding formula. It should be about student welfare and achievement. It’s really about keeping Chicago Teachers Union jobs intact even as enrollment drops.
By Paul Vallas
Illinois Policy Institute Ethics Complaint: Chicago Teachers Union Pressured Students to Vote ‘Yes’ on Tax Hike
Illinois Policy Institute Ethics Complaint: Chicago Teachers Union Pressured Students to Vote ‘Yes’ on Tax Hike
Media footage from the Chicago Teachers Union's Student Power Forum and Parade to the Polls event shows several, explicit ethics violations.
Chicago Teachers Union attacks successful schools to push failing schools
Chicago Teachers Union attacks successful schools to push failing schools
The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding sustainable community schools be increased from 20 to 200. It is also pushing Chicago Public Schools to end selective enrollment schools. CTU’s choice is failing. Selective enrollment is working. Did CTU bosses flunk logic class?
By Hannah Schmid