Chicago Teachers Fight for Our Lives
As New Orleans is once again under water, as the Republican lie machine works overtime in Tampa, and real journalism or reporting is MIA in the corporate media owned airwaves, a social studies teacher is using email to spread the word about what's happening in Chicago and to teachers and public education all across the country.
"Friends and Family across the United States-
As most of you know Chicago Teachers Union has been in a fight to win a contract that requests not only fair compensation, but also great teaching and learning conditions in the face of mass privatization and charterization. Our mayor has promised 250 more charter schools in place of traditional public schools. Our mayor has promised more testing for our kids, and rating teachers based on those tests. Our mayor has promised merit pay, and a longer day. This is also a mayor who has seen a 70%