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Monday, October 31, 2011
C.A.U.S.E. Chicago Alliance of Urban School Educators
TEACHERS – You Need C.A.U.S.E. !
Are you a teacher working in a minority community?
Did you know that teachers teaching in minority communities are terminated 10X more than anyone else?
Are you tired of being the target of firings by race and school closings?
Did you know that African American teachers have been terminated at a ratio of over 100:1 and that they have dropped from 51% to 27% since the late 90’s. ? (They have been e-3rd given unsatisfactory ratings and charged more than anyone else)
Have you faced race and age discrimination on your job?
Are you aware that the current union leaders have supported and signed Senate Bill 7 where teachers have lost seniority, tenure, extended school day and the right to strike?
Join thee fight for your pension, seniority, tenure and collective bargaining rights.
Find out what your future holds!
JOIN C.A.U.S.E.
Meet with C.A.U.S.E. every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m.
Where: Operation PUSH - 950 East 50th Street, Chicago Illinois 60617
Rosita Chatonda, Founding President of C.A. U.S.E.- rcchatonda@yahoo ( 773) 440-7417
C.A.U.S.E. – “ A New Kind of Teacher for a New Generation of Students” C.A.U.S.E. Endorses Pam Touras and Maria Rodriguez for CTPF Pension Election
Sunday, October 30, 2011
According to Catalyst News, CPS Will Use a Special Formula to Close Schools
Chicago schools officials will use a complicated formula to help determine which schools will be closed, consolidated or designated to be turned around.
My interpretation of what the formula is:
Here is the formula for closing;
1. Give students a biased, unfair test standardized on a population of students in rural communities.
2. Blame them for not being able to pass the unfair standardized instrument
3. Lie on their teachers and say they are not doing their jobs.
4. Go to the poorest communities where parents and students are most undeserved and close them.
5. Place 4 Teachers for America ( alternative certification) interns in one school and watch the scores plummet.
6. Blame the drop in scores on the veteran teachers who stayed in the community when the interns left after 3-4 years.
7. After the young white interns have gotten their free Masters Degree and moved on to the profession of choice, close their schools due to non-performance.
8 In addition, E-3 veteran teachers and make up charges so the minority teachers can never work again.
9 Open a new school and replace minority experienced veteran teachers with 22 year old white college graduates trying to pay off student debt.
(Make sure they are NOT education majors.) The students will not learn anything and the school will be much easier to close.
10. Tell all the principals not to hire the veteran minority teachers and don't forget, go to the State of Illinois and try to get them to revoke all of the teachers licenses so that the historical record will be destroyed.
My interpretation of what the formula is:
Here is the formula for closing;
1. Give students a biased, unfair test standardized on a population of students in rural communities.
2. Blame them for not being able to pass the unfair standardized instrument
3. Lie on their teachers and say they are not doing their jobs.
4. Go to the poorest communities where parents and students are most undeserved and close them.
5. Place 4 Teachers for America ( alternative certification) interns in one school and watch the scores plummet.
6. Blame the drop in scores on the veteran teachers who stayed in the community when the interns left after 3-4 years.
7. After the young white interns have gotten their free Masters Degree and moved on to the profession of choice, close their schools due to non-performance.
8 In addition, E-3 veteran teachers and make up charges so the minority teachers can never work again.
9 Open a new school and replace minority experienced veteran teachers with 22 year old white college graduates trying to pay off student debt.
(Make sure they are NOT education majors.) The students will not learn anything and the school will be much easier to close.
10. Tell all the principals not to hire the veteran minority teachers and don't forget, go to the State of Illinois and try to get them to revoke all of the teachers licenses so that the historical record will be destroyed.
CTU Leadership Forges Alliances with Opposing Caucuses
The Chicago Teachers Union has purged members of the CORE Caucus from the CTU. 100% of contracts non renewed were employees from the Caucus of Ranks and File Educators. The New Union leadership seems to be distancing itself from the caucus responsible for it's win. Four leading CORE members got the boot from their own caucus when contracts were renewed this year or before the end of the year. Caucus members that opposed them in the 2010 election were all renewed for the 2011 year. What does this say about the future of CORE?
Writers needed for C.A.U.S.E.
If you are interested in writing about public education, please contact us at 773-440-7417 or simply contact us via email or this blog! cause.alliance@yahoo.com.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Preachers Endorse Charters Even Though Research Does Not Support that Charters Improve Scores
http://vimeo.com/31241111
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
We Are One Rally in Springfield, Illinois Wednesday October 26, 2011
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C.A.U.S.E. Members Testify at the September 26, 2001 Board of Education Meeting
http://www.substancenews.net/articles.php?page=2651
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Pensions Under Attack
Dear Union Member,
Last spring, we took a stand and showed Illinois the enormous strength of working families. And we won.
Thanks to our unprecedented efforts, we protected the pensions of Illinois’ public employees, fending off an aggressive campaign to slash our life savings.
But we aren’t out of the woods yet. Legislators are heading back to Springfield next week for Veto Session, and our pensions are once again on the chopping block.
It’s up to us to protect our life savings. Help us strengthen our coalition by sharing this email with 5 friends and family members. Click here to ask your friends and family to join our fight to protect public employee pensions.
For decades, Illinois politicians have shorted the employer contributions required by law, creating the current pension debt. But all this time, public employees have been contributing their fair share, typically 8 percent or more from each paycheck. These pensions are their life savings. Since most Illinois public employees are not eligible to receive Social Security, reducing pensions would leave many retirees without much to fall back on.
In addition to spreading the word about our coalition, join We Are One Illinois and working men and women from across the state at noon on Wednesday, October 26 as we rally in the State Capitol rotunda. Stand with us again as we urge lawmakers to protect the life savings of all public employees.
On behalf of the more than 1 million working men and women of the We Are One Illinois Coalition, thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
The We Are One Illinois Coalition
Last spring, we took a stand and showed Illinois the enormous strength of working families. And we won.
Thanks to our unprecedented efforts, we protected the pensions of Illinois’ public employees, fending off an aggressive campaign to slash our life savings.
But we aren’t out of the woods yet. Legislators are heading back to Springfield next week for Veto Session, and our pensions are once again on the chopping block.
It’s up to us to protect our life savings. Help us strengthen our coalition by sharing this email with 5 friends and family members. Click here to ask your friends and family to join our fight to protect public employee pensions.
For decades, Illinois politicians have shorted the employer contributions required by law, creating the current pension debt. But all this time, public employees have been contributing their fair share, typically 8 percent or more from each paycheck. These pensions are their life savings. Since most Illinois public employees are not eligible to receive Social Security, reducing pensions would leave many retirees without much to fall back on.
In addition to spreading the word about our coalition, join We Are One Illinois and working men and women from across the state at noon on Wednesday, October 26 as we rally in the State Capitol rotunda. Stand with us again as we urge lawmakers to protect the life savings of all public employees.
On behalf of the more than 1 million working men and women of the We Are One Illinois Coalition, thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
The We Are One Illinois Coalition
llinois Education Labor Relations Board votes 5-0 Blocking Longer School Day
Illinois Education Labor Relations Board votes 5-0 to seek injunction blocking unlawful implementation of ‘longer school day’
http://www.ctunet.com/blog/illinois-education-labor-relations-board-votes-5-0-to-seek-injunction-blocking-unlawful-implementation-of-longer-school-day
http://www.ctunet.com/blog/illinois-education-labor-relations-board-votes-5-0-to-seek-injunction-blocking-unlawful-implementation-of-longer-school-day
Chicago Board of Education Meeting October 26, 2011
Dear C.A.U.S.E. Supporters,
On October 26, 2011 C.A.U.S.E. is looking for teachers, parents or community members to speak at the Board of Education Meeting.
We are supporting teachers who have been e'3rd , given unsatisfactory ratings, brought up on unsubstantiated charges and terminated or fired due to economic layoffs. Minority teachers have been e'3rd, charged and terminated, and fired in all categories at a rate 10X that of white teachers. Older white teachers are experiencing a higher rate or termination than younger ones. African American Teachers have dropped from over 51% in the late 90's to 27% today.
HELP FIGHT AGE AND RACE DISCRIMINATION AT CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Come out on Wednesday October 26, to support out teachers YOU MAY BE NEXT!
Sign up to speak between 7:00- 9:00 a.m, BOE Meeting starts at 10:30 - Debrief with C.A.U.S.E. 9:00-10:00 am..
On October 26, 2011 C.A.U.S.E. is looking for teachers, parents or community members to speak at the Board of Education Meeting.
We are supporting teachers who have been e'3rd , given unsatisfactory ratings, brought up on unsubstantiated charges and terminated or fired due to economic layoffs. Minority teachers have been e'3rd, charged and terminated, and fired in all categories at a rate 10X that of white teachers. Older white teachers are experiencing a higher rate or termination than younger ones. African American Teachers have dropped from over 51% in the late 90's to 27% today.
HELP FIGHT AGE AND RACE DISCRIMINATION AT CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Come out on Wednesday October 26, to support out teachers YOU MAY BE NEXT!
Sign up to speak between 7:00- 9:00 a.m, BOE Meeting starts at 10:30 - Debrief with C.A.U.S.E. 9:00-10:00 am..
C.A.U.S.E. Informational Flier
Parents, Teachers, Clergy and Community
CAUSE NEEDS YOU!
Are you a teacher, parent or community member?
Do you want excellent schools in your community?
Are you a public worker?
Have you been fired from your job?
Have you faced race and age discrimination on your job?
Fight for your pension.
Fight for your seniority, tenure and collective bargaining rights.
Find out what your future holds! JOIN C.A.U.S.E.
Meet with C.A.U.S.E. every Tuesday at 4:00
Where: Operation Push
950 East 50th Street
Chicago Illinois 60617
Rosita Chatonda, Founding President of C.A. U.S.E.- rcchatonda@yahoo ( 773) 440-7417 – (773 ) 414-7417
C.A.U.S.E. – “ A New Kind of Teacher for a New Generation of Students”SENATE BILL 7 LINKS
Here are the links to Senate Bill 7 - PACT - Debbie Lynch's CAUCUS is passing around a flier to oppose Senate Bill 7
Stand For Children - http://www.blueoregon.com/2011/07/jonah-edelman/
NEA- http://www.ieanea.org/featured/get-information-on-the-school-reform-bill-sb7-here/
CTU- http://www.ctunet.com/legislative/sb7
ABC NEWS- http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local/illinois&id=8073470
Socialist Alternative - http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=1592
http://www.wrex.com/Global/story.asp?S=14644366
Democrats for Education Reform - http://www.dfer.org/2011/06/state_legislati.php
5 ways to help ANSWER Chicago help Occupy Chicago!
1) Spread the word: Mass March with Occupy Chicago this Saturday Night, October 22. Meet at Jackson and LaSalle, 6:30 pm. More info soon
2) Get involved with ANSWER. Work Session Tonight at 6 pm at the ANSWER office to Paint Banners, Assemble Placards, discuss the movement and more (scroll down for more info)
3) Make a donation. ANSWER Chicago is providing sound for Occupy Chicago. We have an immediate need to repair and upgrade our system for this Saturday's action and we need your help. Click on the link or call 773-463-0311 to donate over the phone.
4) Send a letter to Mayor Emanuel: Hands off Occupy Chicago!
5) Come to the Tues., October 25 discussion forum: "The Occupy Movement and the Struggle against Wall Street, War and Racism" (scroll down for more info)
Work Session
Tonight, Thursday, October 20, 6 pm
4802 N. Broadway #202
(Red Line - Lawrence Stop)
Info: 773-463-0311
Directions
Join us to paint a huge banner that will read, "People over Profits! Occupy Chicago," put together lots of placards and discuss the Occupy Movement and where it's headed. Now is the time to get involved in the movement for jobs, education, health care, housing and justice. No experience needed to volunteer with ANSWER Chicago. See you tonight.
Tonight, Thursday, October 20, 6 pm
4802 N. Broadway #202
(Red Line - Lawrence Stop)
Info: 773-463-0311
Directions
Join us to paint a huge banner that will read, "People over Profits! Occupy Chicago," put together lots of placards and discuss the Occupy Movement and where it's headed. Now is the time to get involved in the movement for jobs, education, health care, housing and justice. No experience needed to volunteer with ANSWER Chicago. See you tonight.
The Occupy Movement and the Struggle against Wall Street, War and Racism
An ANSWER Chicago Discussion Forum
Tuesday, October 25, 6 pm
4802 N. Broadway #202
(Red Line - Lawrence Stop)
Info: 773-463-0311Directions
Join us. We'll have an introductory presentation and then have an open forum for the exchange of political ideas and experiences.
Topics Include** Why did Occupy Wall Street spread across the country like a fire and what can we do help it grow into a force that can make real change?** What will it take to tax the rich, end the wars and occupations and defeat racism and all oppressions?
** Organizing for jobs, education, health care, housing and justice
** Are the trillions of tax dollars given to the Pentagon really about defense?
** 2012: People's struggle and the elections
An ANSWER Chicago Discussion Forum
Tuesday, October 25, 6 pm
4802 N. Broadway #202
(Red Line - Lawrence Stop)
Info: 773-463-0311Directions
Join us. We'll have an introductory presentation and then have an open forum for the exchange of political ideas and experiences.
Topics Include** Why did Occupy Wall Street spread across the country like a fire and what can we do help it grow into a force that can make real change?** What will it take to tax the rich, end the wars and occupations and defeat racism and all oppressions?
** Organizing for jobs, education, health care, housing and justice
** Are the trillions of tax dollars given to the Pentagon really about defense?
** 2012: People's struggle and the elections
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