Chicago Teachers Union contract demands about politics, bosses’ power

By Mailee Smith, Hannah Schmid

04/11/2024

A 142-page leaked document contains hundreds of Chicago Teachers Union contract demands, from 100% abortion coverage to pay for surrogates, from housing students in old schools to a fleet of electric school buses. Then there are 180 more of the union’s favored, failing schools.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

What you should know about the Chicago Teachers Union

By Brad Weisenstein

04/04/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union put its lobbyist in the Chicago mayor's office and is now negotiating its next contract with him. What taxpayers should know about CTU, how it's impacted education, its leadership and its ambitions to be the political machine running the nation's third-largest city.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, education

Vallas: Funding should aid students, not boost Chicago Teachers Union job count

By Paul Vallas

03/28/2024

Chicago Public Schools is changing its funding formula. It should be about student welfare and achievement. It’s really about keeping Chicago Teachers Union jobs intact even as enrollment drops.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Teachers Union demands excluding parents from student pronoun, sexuality info

By Dylan Sharkey

03/22/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union leaders want student information regarding student pronouns and sexual orientation to be kept confidential from parents if that’s what the student wants.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Illinois Policy Institute Ethics Complaint: Chicago Teachers Union Pressured Students to Vote ‘Yes’ on Tax Hike

03/18/2024

Media footage from the Chicago Teachers Union's Student Power Forum and Parade to the Polls event shows several, explicit ethics violations.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Teachers Union attacks successful schools to push failing schools

By Hannah Schmid

03/18/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding sustainable community schools be increased from 20 to 200. It is also pushing Chicago Public Schools to end selective enrollment schools. CTU’s choice is failing. Selective enrollment is working. Did CTU bosses flunk logic class?

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Vallas: Police overtime shows defunding police doesn’t work

By Paul Vallas

03/15/2024

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s strategy for defunding the police doesn’t save money and makes Chicago less safe. Overtime is up, violent crime is up, arrests are down.

TAGS: CPD: Chicago Police Department

Chicago Teachers Union wants revenue meant for homeless if mayor’s tax hike passes

By Mailee Smith

03/15/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union has poured at least $400,000 into Mayor Brandon Johnson’s tax hike proposal. If it passes, the union wants to use the taxes generated to fund housing for its own members.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Johnson’s ‘Bring Chicago Home’ tax hike could fund Chicago Teachers Union’s contract demands

By Dylan Sharkey

03/13/2024

The Chicago Teachers Union is pushing Mayor Brandon Johnson’s real estate tax hike with cash and by taking students out of school to vote. The heavy push is understandable when CTU mentions the tax hike as a revenue source for their contract demands.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, real estate transfer tax

Chicago teachers nearly triple private-sector salary growth

By Bryce Hill

03/13/2024

Today’s average CPS teacher has seen a salary increase of 86% since the 2011-2012 school year. That’s over 2.5 times faster than inflation or the private sector.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools

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Chicago Teachers Union contract demands about politics, bosses’ power

What you should know about the Chicago Teachers Union

Vallas: Funding should aid students, not boost Chicago Teachers Union job count

Chicago Teachers Union demands excluding parents from student pronoun, sexuality info

Illinois Policy Institute Ethics Complaint: Chicago Teachers Union Pressured Students to Vote ‘Yes’ on Tax Hike

Chicago Teachers Union attacks successful schools to push failing schools

Vallas: Police overtime shows defunding police doesn’t work

Chicago Teachers Union wants revenue meant for homeless if mayor’s tax hike passes

Johnson’s ‘Bring Chicago Home’ tax hike could fund Chicago Teachers Union’s contract demands

Chicago teachers nearly triple private-sector salary growth

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