CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s newly appointed school board will meet on Thursday for the first time since the board’s former members resigned en masse, but ahead of that meeting, the Chicago Teacher’s Union (CTU) revealed its five-year plan.
During a virtual press conference, CTU President Stacy Davis Gates voiced frustrations on the state of contract negotiations, wanting CPS, CTU and the mayor’s office to all move forward down the same path.
“We’re looking for a partnership to put forth ideas that work in the classroom,” Davis Gates said.
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On Wednesday, the CTU released its “Every Student, Every School, Every Community” report. It is what they call a “blueprint” for implementing the district’s ‘Together We Rise’ five-year plan, which was released last month.
It sets out to increase the number of students attending neighborhood schools, with a focus on disinvested communities, raising test scores in reading and math, reducing chronic …