'A major leap forward': CTU celebrate tentative contract agreement; city leaders react

Daywatch: Mayor Johnson landed a teachers union deal. Was it worth it?

Good morning, Chicago. The day after a tentative Chicago Teachers Union contract was reached, Mayor Brandon Johnson took a victory lap on the pivotal education win — one long-promised and hard-won. “I said, ‘get it done,’ and they did,” an ebullient Johnson told reporters at City Hall on Tuesday, almost a year after the previous agreement expired. “I’m confident that the people of Chicago are relieved, first of all, that we’re not going to have …

Trail-blazing Chicago Teachers’ contract includes protections vs. Trump edicts

CHICAGO—After a series of webinars and in-school meetings, members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) will vote on April 10-11 on a trail-blazing tentative contract with the Chicago Public Schools. The pact increases spending on community schools, adds counselors and librarians and enriches the curriculum. It also increases protections against edicts and threats from the national Republican Trump regime and its white nationalist backers. After …

Chicago Teachers Union's House of Delegates approves tentative deal with Chicago Public Schools

The Chicago Teachers Union's House of Delegates voted Wednesday to approve a tentative union contact deal with Chicago Public Schools. The plan will now be presented to the CPS Board for a final approval.

Chicago Teachers Have a Tentative Contract Agreement. From Pay Raises to Class Sizes, Here’s What It Includes

CTU leaders called the four-year deal a “historic achievement” that represents the fulfillment of promises Mayor Brandon Johnson made to transform CPS into a school district that offers a well-rounded education to every Chicago child and security to its employees.

In Chicago, the Union Wins Again

Concerns remain around agreement between union, Chicago Public Schools – Center Square

“Dyett High School is a great example of a sustainable community school. When you invest in people and you invest in children, we create champions,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said, explaining that a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the city’s teachers union is a reflection of his values. Dyett won the 2A state championship in boys basketball last month. But according to the Illinois State Board of Education’s Illinois Report Card, 12 p…