Friday, April 7, 2017

CPS Targets Special Education Teacher Sarah Chambers

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Here are the remarks from an action we did today at River Point Plaza, a new development that used over $30 million in TIF funds. CPS c...
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Saturday, March 11, 2017

The Case for Striking

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Things are very bad in the Chicago Public Schools right now. And we need to do something about it. I support the idea of my union going on...
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Saturday, February 4, 2017

Devaluing Women's Work: I am a Teacher and My Labor is Not Free

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I avoided becoming a fully-certified teacher for a long, long time. I taught English overseas for many years in Japan. I loved the lifestyle...
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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Rethinking Special Education

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For a long time, the way we do special education has...irked me. And I mean in general, not just my pretty messed up district. I imagine i...
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Saturday, October 22, 2016

The New Best Way to Destroy Special Education

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The best lies are always ones based in some truth. The newest austerity project for districts across the nation, including the Chicago Pub...
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Saturday, October 8, 2016

An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton, From a Chicago Teacher

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Dear Madame Secretary, I am writing to you today from Chicago on behalf of all the children, families, and staff in the middle of a massiv...
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Saturday, July 16, 2016

New CPS School Budgets are Stinky Turd Lumps

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CPS has done it again. If you thought " Student Based Budgeting " was a bad idea (it is) then you will not be surprised to learn ...