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It was the first time that a teachers' group had affiliated with a larger labor organization. [4] In 1916, Haley and the CTF helped to found the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), in which the CTF became Local 1. [2] However, the Chicago Board of Education, led by Jacob Loeb, had recently passed a rule against teacher unions: [5]
The Chicago Tribune editorial board called out "outlandish" teachers unions in the city for demanding higher pay on Monday, noting the media yearly salary for Chicago Public School teachers is ...
Participants at the NWSA Conference 2016. Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppression; and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social ...
Racial diversity in United States schools is the representation of different racial or ethnic groups in American schools.The institutional practice of slavery, and later segregation, in the United States prevented certain racial groups from entering the school system until midway through the 20th century, when Brown v.
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is a labor union that represents teachers, paraprofessionals, and clinicians in the Chicago public school system. The union has advocated for improved pay, benefits, and job security for its members, and it has opposed efforts to vary teacher pay based on performance evaluations.
The Chicago Teachers Union’s contract expired in June, and bargaining has been ongoing for months — ramping up recently as both sides make public their frustrations with negotiations.
Ramser and other teachers said they were troubled when the Grapevine-Colleyville school district adopted a sweeping new policy restricting books and classroom discussions on race and gender ...
According to the Experimental Evidence on Teachers' Racial Bias in Student Evaluation, "teachers rated a student's writing sample lower when it was randomly signaled to have a black author versus a white author. This study found that this bias was dependent on the teacher and their relationship and attitude towards race. [4]