Chicago parents, aldermen and state lawmakers urged the city Friday to support a TIF surplus ordinance to help avert a potential teachers strike next week and alleviate school budget cuts.
State Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) launched an effort Thursday to make Illinois community colleges and public universities free for in-state students.
Despite having lost the Democratic presidential nomination, “the Bernie revolution” will continue with the “next phase” launching nationwide Wednesday night.
Some 2,600 watch parties and meetings are set to take place across the country tonight as former Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) addresses thousands of his supporters to “lay out some of the next steps we can take as a movement to empower a wave of progressive candidates this November and win the major upcoming fights for the values we share,” according to Our Revolution President Jeff Weaver, who also served as Sanders’ presidential campaign manager.
Chicago workers burst into cheers Thursday after a city council committee advanced legislation to make earned paid sick leave a requirement in the Windy City.
A group of Illinois lawmakers from Chicago’s North Side invited Gov. Bruce Rauner Thursday to take a tour of a local public school, Brentano Math and Science Academy in the Logan Square neighborhood.
Illinois House members from Chicago requested an “emergency meeting” Thursday with Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool over the issue of school funding.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) principal Troy LaRaviere faced the media Thursday morning to speak out against the “politically motivated charges” leveled against him by the district.
Last month, CPS removed LaRaviere — an outspoken critic of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CPS — from Blaine Elementary School in Lakeview and reassigned him to his home with pay until the disciplinary process is complete.
CPS has 12 total dismissal charges pending against LaRaviere involving insubordination, dereliction of duty and ethics violations.
LaRaviere’s removal comes as he runs for president of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association, the election for which is currently underway and ballots will be counted next week.
“When I was a lone voice, the administration tolerated me,” LaRaviere said this morning at the Wishbone Restaurant on Lincoln Avenue. “But when faced with the prospect of an organized group of education leaders speaking as one on behalf of students, they’ve moved with haste and reckless abandon to prevent that from happening.”
Despite having lost the Democratic presidential nomination, “the Bernie revolution” will continue with the “next phase” launching nationwide Wednesday night.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) principal Troy LaRaviere faced the media Thursday morning to speak out against the “politically motivated charges” leveled against him by the district.