4,000 low-income Chicago students on verge of losing scholarships

By Dylan Sharkey

10/13/2023

Thousands of Chicagoans will soon have their scholarships cut off thanks to political pressure from the Chicago Teachers Union.

TAGS: Chicago, Invest in Kids

What is the Invest in Kids scholarship program, and why it matters

By Hannah Schmid

10/13/2023

Over 9,600 low-income students rely on the Invest in Kids scholarship program to attend schools that best fit their needs. Here’s what you need to know about the program and why it is important lawmakers extend the program this fall.

TAGS: Invest in Kids

Chicago Teachers Union spends less on representing teachers under Stacy Davis Gates

By Mailee Smith

10/11/2023

Just 17% of CTU’s spending in 2023 was on representing its members – down from previous years on record.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

Chicago Teachers Union membership drops under Stacy Davis Gates’ leadership

By Mailee Smith

10/10/2023

Nearly 500 education employees have stopped affiliating with CTU in the past year. But the number of members leaving the union could be even larger than currently reported.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

Chicago Teachers Union runs first reported deficit under Stacy Davis Gates

By Mailee Smith

10/05/2023

For the first time since the Chicago Teachers Union started filing federal reports, the union reported spending more money than it took in for its 2023 fiscal year. It underscores members’ concerns about union leaders for years failing to provide required audits.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

Union bosses boost their kids’ dreams as they kill arts students’ hopes

By Dylan Sharkey

10/05/2023

The Chicago Teachers Union and the Illinois Education Association have leaders sending their children to private schools for brighter futures. So why are they working to end the hopes of two performing arts students and their 9,600 low-income peers?

TAGS: teachers union

Chicago Teachers Union political spending up nearly 3X under Stacy Davis Gates

By Mailee Smith

10/03/2023

The Chicago Teachers Union’s latest filing with the U.S. Department of Labor confirms the union is pouring more money than ever into politics.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, stacy

Stacy Davis Gates’ income is 543% more than families she wants denied scholarships

By Mailee Smith

10/02/2023

New data filed with the U.S. Department of Labor shows Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates’ total income tops $289,000. The average household income of families receiving the Invest in Kids scholarships she wants to kill “for good” is just $45,046.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Invest in Kids, Stacy Davis Gates

Fact check: 7 things school choice opponents got wrong about Invest in Kids

By Hannah Schmid

09/22/2023

Illinois Families for Public Schools released a pamphlet with misleading information about the Invest in Kids Tax-Credit Scholarship program and its effects on the public school system in Illinois. Here are corrections to seven things they got wrong.

TAGS: Invest in Kids

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union restricts public school choice, too

By Paul Vallas

09/22/2023

Stacy Davis Gates’ hypocrisy isn’t just about denying families the private school choices she enjoys. It’s also a blatant attack on public school options, particularly public charter schools.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Chicago Teachers Union

4,000 low-income Chicago students on verge of losing scholarships

What is the Invest in Kids scholarship program, and why it matters

Chicago Teachers Union spends less on representing teachers under Stacy Davis Gates

Chicago Teachers Union membership drops under Stacy Davis Gates’ leadership

Chicago Teachers Union runs first reported deficit under Stacy Davis Gates

Union bosses boost their kids’ dreams as they kill arts students’ hopes

Chicago Teachers Union political spending up nearly 3X under Stacy Davis Gates

Stacy Davis Gates’ income is 543% more than families she wants denied scholarships

Fact check: 7 things school choice opponents got wrong about Invest in Kids

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union restricts public school choice, too

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