Candidate survey: who is running for Chicago School Board?

09/26/2024

More than a dozen candidates filled out an Illinois Policy questionnaire to give voters a better idea of who is running for office. Read their answers below.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools

Report: Chicago Teachers Union is new Chicago political machine

By Mailee Smith

09/25/2024

Years of exorbitant political spending in Illinois – more than $24.3 million since 2010 – has secured an enormous amount of political influence for the Chicago Teachers Union. It is now the main political player not just in Chicago, but across the state.

Here’s what to know about Chicago’s 31 school board candidates

By Patrick Andriesen

09/10/2024

Chicago voters will pick from 31 candidates for 10 school board seats. The Chicago Teachers Union is trying to expand its political power by pushing a candidate in each of the 10 districts.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Teachers Union hasn’t released ‘annual’ audit for 4 years

By Mailee Smith

09/09/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union’s internal rules require it to release an audit to members each year. It hasn’t done so since Sept. 9, 2020.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Teachers Union: Don’t tell parents their student’s pronouns

By Dylan Sharkey

09/06/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union’s leaders want teachers to keep parents in the dark if their child asks to go by a different name or pronouns in school. The school district is OK with that.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Teachers Union invests nearly $1.8M, but 2-in-5 are lawmakers from outside Chicago

By Mailee Smith

09/05/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union is more political machine than labor union, putting nearly $1.8 million into the campaigns of 84 of 177 current lawmakers since 2010. But it may be losing its hold on Springfield.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly

Vallas: Biggest obstacle to improving city schools is Chicago Teachers Union

By Paul Vallas

09/04/2024

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates decried standardized testing. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said schools should be measured by spending, not performance. ‘Accountability’ is not in their vocabulary.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson stares down a $1 billion city budget deficit

By Bryce Hill

08/30/2024

Updated budget forecasts show a $982 million shortfall for the upcoming 2025 budget as Chicago grapples with $223 million remaining deficit this year. Mayor Brandon Johnson refuses to rule out property tax hikes.

TAGS: budget, Chicago, property taxes

No current teachers voted to make Chicago Teachers Union their union

By Mailee Smith

08/30/2024

Chicago teachers were handed a union without the ability to choose for themselves. It’s the result of a system that props up government unions at the expense of the members they are supposed to serve.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Teachers Union is a lobbying powerhouse in Springfield, but is that waning?

By Mailee Smith

08/29/2024

It may be based in Chicago, but the Chicago Teachers Union’s lobbying affects residents throughout Illinois. The Illinois General Assembly did CTU’s bidding on 60% of the bills on which the union took a stance last session. CTU discontent is growing.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

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Candidate survey: who is running for Chicago School Board?

Report: Chicago Teachers Union is new Chicago political machine

Here’s what to know about Chicago’s 31 school board candidates

Chicago Teachers Union hasn’t released ‘annual’ audit for 4 years

Chicago Teachers Union: Don’t tell parents their student’s pronouns

Chicago Teachers Union invests nearly $1.8M, but 2-in-5 are lawmakers from outside Chicago

Vallas: Biggest obstacle to improving city schools is Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson stares down a $1 billion city budget deficit

No current teachers voted to make Chicago Teachers Union their union

Chicago Teachers Union is a lobbying powerhouse in Springfield, but is that waning?

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