Tonight Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis announced that the CTU will be on strike tomorrow. Among the major issues is the new teacher evaluation system that the city is trying to implement and the city’s insistance on eliminating steps and columns in the teachers’ contract. There is no overstating the importance of this situation …
*UPDATE* No deal has been reached yet. CTU President Karen Lewis has scheduled a press conference at 10 pm. The CTU’s House of Delegates (equivalent to PJSTA’s rep council) would have to approve an agreement and they have not been called to meet yet. More after the presser. ******************************************************************************** Please remember to wear red tomorrow …
On Saturday September 8th, PJSTA members attended the unveiling ceremony for the latest addition to the Diamond in the Pines 9/11 Learning Site. The PJSTA was the first Long Island organization to donate money to buy an engraved brick when the project was just beginning its fundraising efforts in 2011. The memorial was organized largely through the hard …
In the event of a strike, the Chicago Sun- Times is reporting that the Chicago Public Schools will be opening 144 buildings to be staffed by “principals, assistant principals, Central Office Staff and non-CTU employees, as well as yet-to-be-approved vendors.” They released a guide for those non-teachers to help them prepare for the classroom on …
If you haven’t already seen it, take a moment to check out the hashtag #saidnoteacherever that is trending on Twitter (and probably will be for sometime). It’s a fun dose of humor during tumultuous times in our profession. Some of my personal favorites: I think this school is really better off without a school library …
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