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Chicago Teachers Union leaders face challengers in election Friday
A slate of four teachers is running to try to unseat the current union leadership, led by CTU President Stacy Davis Gates.
Chicago school board to hold community meeting Tuesday amid search for new Chicago Public Schools CEO
Community meetings have been scheduled in all 10 of the school board's districts. Seven meetings have been held so far.
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Chicago school board conducts interviews for interim CPS leader
The school board is considering five candidates to take over as interim Chicago Public Schools CEO from Pedro Martinez, who ...
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Chicago Public Schools leadership concerns grow as staff, students return to classrooms after winter break
CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools teachers will return to classrooms ... On Thursday, union leadership described being stuck in a “quagmire” in the talks, with Davis Gates and Vice President ...
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Chicago Teachers Union leaders are facing a challenge in spring union election
The leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union ... of Education resigning this fall and their replacements firing Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez. The announcement of an opposition slate ...
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Covid money boosted Chicago’s schools. Now it’s gone, and the city is in crisis.
president of the Chicago Teachers Union. The union’s leadership last month approved a vote of no confidence in Martinez, alleging he was planning cuts and school closures, which he denies.