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Saturday: Chicago teachers, fresh off strike, speak in Philly
Chicago Teachers Union's September strike focused attention on fight over future of public ed. Event is Saturday, Nov. 17 at Science Leadership Academy, 22nd and Arch streets at 1 p.m.
Saturday: Chicago teachers, fresh off strike, speak in Philly
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The Chicago Teachers Union's September strike focused unprecedented national attention on the fight over the future of public education, crystallizing for the first time widespread concerns of charters, privatization, high-stakes standardized tastes and the demonization of teachers and organized labor. After years of corporate-model school reformers dominating a conversation about "accountability," Chicago teachers put the emphasis on adequate funding, poverty, racial segregation and inequality.
Now, they're coming to Philly to share their experience. The event is Saturday, Nov. 17, at Science Leadership Academy, 22nd and Arch streets at 1 p.m.
Philadelphia, which has the largest portion of public school students enrolled in charters of any major city nationwide, has suffered severe cuts under Gov. Tom Corbett and been the site of a bitter confrontation over a radical restructuring and privatization plan advanced by the state-controlled School Reform Commission and backed by the powerful William Penn Foundation.
Chicago teachers were successful because militant grassroots leadership: The Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE), took over the union in 2010 and worked hard to educate and organize their members — and to build unprecedented community and parent support. On Sept. 22, hundreds gathered to found the Philadelphia Coalition for Advocating for Public Schools (PCAPS), a broad union-community coalition set to counter the Boston Consulting Group-drafted restructuring plan. The discussion that dominated the day was: How did Chicago do it?
The event is sponsored by the Labor Work Group (created during Occupy Philly) and the progressive Teacher Action Group (TAG).
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