Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign

A diverse coalition of local community organizations, labor activists, parents and students who support the Chicago Teachers Union in their fight for quality education.

Description

The Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign believes that teachers' working conditions are our students learning conditions--and that educators must be justly compensated for their work.

The campaign also supports the CTU's call for a fully funded education system, smaller class sizes and an enriched curriculum with art and music, as well as wraparound social services.

Blaming teachers for the problems of CPS is a distraction from the real problems facing our schools--from chronic underfunding to the huge economic and racial disparities in Chicago.

 It's also destructive. It's time for Mayor Emanuel, Schools CEO Brizard and the Board of Education to meet the challenge of funding quality education for all Chicago's schoolchildren.