“There’s nothing radical about me, other than I want each and every student in Chicago to get the best education we have to offer,” President Karen Lewis said.
Show your support of racial and special education discrimination lawsuits against CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, the Board of Education and the City of Chicago.
“The district’s solution has been to aggressively cut resources that benefit students and spend scarce resources on unproven initiatives rather than identify and forcefully advocate for new revenue. This year’s budget portends more of the same." - CTU President Karen Lewis
Mass school closures in the US' third-largest city will disrupt students' lives and put their safety at risk.
Every year, inadequate workplace safety regulations take the lives of 4,500 Americans.
- Jun18 Chicago Teachers Union President calls on CPS, mayor to take advantage of existing new revenue streams to erase budget deficit
- Jun18 CTU President Karen Lewis’ address before the City Club of Chicago: “On Baseball & Budgets”
- Apr16 New Report Cites Past Disinvestment By CPS in Schools Targeted for Closure A history of trauma and neglect exposed in “A Tale of Two Schools: The Human Story Behind Destructive School Actions in Chicago.”
- Apr16 CTU to Launch Citywide Voter Registration and Education Program in Wake of School Closings CTU President Karen Lewis announced she will join a coalition of organizations and activists who are fed up with the status quo and want to change the face of City Hall and the General Assembly – literally.
- Mar21 CTU President Karen Lewis Statement on CPS School Closings “Stop putting our children at risk with these misguided school reform games.”
- Mar07 CPS Target of 30 to 40 Students in a Classroom is a Dangerous Benchmark for Utilization ‘Crisis’
