Saturday, June 12, 2010

Chicago teachers elect new leadership, sending a message to teacher union leadership everywhere. � Fred Klonsky's blog

Chicago teachers elect new leadership, sending a message to teacher union leadership everywhere. � Fred Klonsky's blog

Chicago teachers elect new leadership, sending a message to teacher union leadership everywhere.

It’s a stunning rebuke of business as usual. And it sends a message to teacher union leadership everywhere. Members of the Chicago Teachers Union overwhelmingly voted out the old and turned to the new, progressive, fighting leadership of the CORE slate.
Among CORE’s issues were: Capping CTU officer and staff salaries to the average teacher salary prorated over 12 months, limiting standardized tests and banning the use of test results to punish, label or denigrate schools