After six long, sometimes raucous days of striking, Los Angeles teachers ended their protest claiming victories that included lower class sizes, more support...
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Conference https://www.thecenterweb.org/essa/February 11-13, 2019 Sheraton Grand Hotel, Chicago, ILRegister online Register by mail: https://www.thecntr.org/center/user-login-page-center More information and mail-in...
FIND YOUR SCHOOL: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/ Go beyond test scores and get a snapshot of every Illinois public school. About the Illinois Report Card IllinoisReportCard.com...
On Friday, January 4th, 2019, Deputy District Director Greg Clause reported: Yesterday, Congressman Schneider introduced ‘The Ethics in Public Service Act’, as his...
FULL ARTICLE: https://www.nwherald.com/2018/12/30/more-than-250-new-illinois-laws-take-effect-in-2019/ag0v2ri/ In November, Democrats regained supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly, improving the chances of Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker signing off...
FULL ARTICLE: https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2019/01/essa-end-government-shutdown-congress-alexander.html?r=503869918 The U.S. Department of Education isn't directly affected by the government shutdown—it's among the agencies that had their funding approved last...
Full Article: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2019/01/los_angeles_special_education_teachers_strike.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news1&M=58714715&U=2653142&UUID=9cca87443c5d974f397fdf52d1c9e3f9 Los Angeles teachers are planning to go on strike on Jan. 10—but the school district this week asked a federal judge...
https://northshoreindivisible.com/whose-house-our-house-day-of-action/ Indivisible: The Action Network (https://actionnetwork.org/groups/indivisible) is the progressives’ grassroots response to The Tea Party movement. It’s “a mission-driven nonprofit organization dedicated to...
Local 1211 is a 1000+ member teachers' union consisting of teachers, teachers' assistants, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel. Local 1211 is a member of the Illinois Federation of Teachers. The IFT supports – but does not govern – local unions and their members. The IFT is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the AFL-CIO.
