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  • CTU Reaches out
    Leah Fried
    In Chicago, Teachers and Black Lives Matter Activists Partner to Build a Bigger Movement
    08 Nov 2016
    When the Chicago Teachers Union goes on strike, it doesn’t walk alone; Movement 4 Black Lives organizations have their back. And, when young Black activists campaign against police terror, the…
  • school closings in Chicago
    Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
    One Year After Chicago Closes 50 Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union Assesses the Lies and Lasting Damage
    28 May 2014
    A couple years ago, we at Black Agenda Report wondered why the closings of 40 public schools over three years
  • chicago school closings
    Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
    Chicago Teachers Build a Movement
    22 May 2013
    Chicago teachers see themselves as engaged in a movement to defend the public sphere from corporate acquisition. “Wall Street hedge funders and other speculators are betting heavily on school…
  • byrd school i think
    Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
    Why Isn't Closing 129 Chicago Public Schools National News?
    27 Feb 2013
    It's an obvious question, with an easy answer. Our nation's bipartisan political elite have decided to privatize public education. They know the only way they can execute this deeply unpopular policy…
  • chicago teachers strike
    Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
    Chicago Teachers Gear Up for a Fight
    13 Jun 2012
    The Chicago Teachers Union has gotten permission from its membership to strike.
  • chicago teachers strike
    Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
    Chicago Teachers Wise Up to Obama School Privatizations
    16 Jun 2010
    Reformists won control of the teachers union in the town where Barack Obama became a fan of corporate schooling: Chicago.
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