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...
"The Pension Gamble" goes inside the volatile fight over pensions that’s playing out in one state, and examines the broader consequences for teachers,...
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.
