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The Chicago Teachers Union issues a press releases claiming minority teachers and minority teachers are hit hardest by layoffs.
Rosita Chatonda commented on NBC Chicago.I am so happy that the CTU has finally gotten on board with this issue. The sad thing is that there has been a purge of this system for 10 years with the number of African American teachers dropping from 51% in the late 90's to 29.6 today. The drop this year actually has been smaller than previous years. The impact of losing 1.7 to 2.0 % annually over more than 10 years have been devastating to the economy in the AA community. Also, in terms of how teacher are fired, African American teachers are 10x more likely to be E-3"d ( given unsatisfactory ratings). Charged with unsubstantiated charges and fired. Schools in the AA community have been phased out, turned around, consolidated and closed for low enrollment substantially more than any other schools in Chicago.
Rosita Chatonda commented on NBC Chicago.I am so happy that the CTU has finally gotten on board with this issue. The sad thing is that there has been a purge of this system for 10 years with the number of African American teachers dropping from 51% in the late 90's to 29.6 today. The drop this year actually has been smaller than previous years. The impact of losing 1.7 to 2.0 % annually over more than 10 years have been devastating to the economy in the AA community. Also, in terms of how teacher are fired, African American teachers are 10x more likely to be E-3"d ( given unsatisfactory ratings). Charged with unsubstantiated charges and fired. Schools in the AA community have been phased out, turned around, consolidated and closed for low enrollment substantially more than any other schools in Chicago.
I am so happy that the CTU has finally come ion board with this issue. Something should have been done about this a long time ago. View the following data from ISBE;
ReplyDeleteDATA foe TEACHERS
http://iirc.niu.edu/District.aspx?source=About_Educators&source2=Teacher_Demographics&districtID=15016299025&level=D
DATA FRO STUDENTS:
http://iirc.niu.edu/District.aspx?source=About_Students&districtID=15016299025&level=D