#MLL & #CPS unilaterally implemented unsustainable #remotelearning schedules. They’ve failed to adhere to best practices. This episode in mayoral-controlled #CPS is less abt safety & mostly abt gaslighting. Follow mehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)"> #Thread https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2020/10/14/21516623/chicago-is-weighing-whether-to-reopen-schools-can-it-move-forward-without-the-consent-of-teachers">https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2020/10/1...
Can Chicago reopen schools without teachers’ consent?

As Chicago plans in-person learning, the teachers union has limited options for objecting to an agreement that it hasn’t negotiated

https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2020/10/14/21516623/chicago-is-weighing-whether-to-reopen-schools-can-it-move-forward-without-the-consent-of-teachers
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)"> The mayor & her team at #CPS are making an argument abt the needs of our most vulnerable students & that the ONLY way we can meet their needs is to send them back into school buildings that an independent arbitrator—a 3rd party—ruled unsafe. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)"> https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-cps-clerks-working-conditions-20201002-25vxso2u3nb7jnmhuibrwm6klq-story.html">https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavir...
CPS violated union contract by making clerks work during the pandemic in schools lacking ‘safe and...

CPS violated union contract by making clerks work during the pandemic in schools lacking ‘safe and healthful conditions,' arbitrator rules

https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-cps-clerks-working-conditions-20201002-25vxso2u3nb7jnmhuibrwm6klq-story.html
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)">Let’s talk thru this concept of how mayoral controlled #CPS has systematically underserved our most vulnerable students for years. Further, what assurances do we hv that they will meet the needs of our most vulnerable students in the middle of a pandemic? Their word?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)"> #COVID19
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)"> #SpEd It’s difficult to believe that mayoral controlled #CPS wants to prioritize our SpEd students after they engaged in *illegal* practices that *denied* THOUSANDS of SpEd students services. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)"> https://www.wbez.org/stories/wbez-investigation-cps-secretly-overhauled-special-education-at-students-expense/2f6907ea-6ad2-4557-9a03-7da60710f8f9">https://www.wbez.org/stories/w...
CPS’ Secret Overhaul Of Special Ed Led To Big Service Cuts

A secret manual created by CPS tightened access to special education, resulting in cutbacks for neediest students, a WBEZ analysis found.

https://www.wbez.org/stories/wbez-investigation-cps-secretly-overhauled-special-education-at-students-expense/2f6907ea-6ad2-4557-9a03-7da60710f8f9
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)"> #CPS is paying millions of dollars in a settlement to remedy their illegal practices. Also, #CPS is still under state monitor for this behavior. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)">The ONLY reason why the settlement is even a thing is bc of stakeholders. It wasn’t a mea culpa from #CPS. Families, their advocates & educators won this remedy. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)"> https://www.google.com/amp/s/chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/education/2020/2/12/21134736/cps-offers-millions-in-added-support-for-special-ed-students-illegally-denied-services">https://www.google.com/amp/s/chi...
CPS offers millions in added support for special ed students illegally denied services

CPS said it’s hard to calculate the exact cost for the effort, but a breakdown of each remedy shows the district could end up paying $10-15 million.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/education/2020/2/12/21134736/cps-offers-millions-in-added-support-for-special-ed-students-illegally-denied-services
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)">If we want to keep it https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💯" title="Hundert Punkte Symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Hundert Punkte Symbol">— #CPS hasn’t even returned to the *necessary* level of service to meet the needs of our students during in-person learning. And, it’s even worse now bc we need MORE resources in a *pandemic* NOT less.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)"> I remember contract demands that went unmet and triggered a strike & this was AFTER the SpEd case settled. We demanded dedicated case managers/reasonable workloads & stronger, enforceable protections for students to prevent #CPS from *once again* denying them services. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)">So, forgive me (not) for calling BS on #MLL and #CPS sanctimonious “concern for our most vulnerable students” routine. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)"> https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/identities/2019/11/1/20943464/chicago-teachers-strike-deal">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www...
The 11-day teachers strike in Chicago paid off

It got more than $30 million extra spending for public schools.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.votwitter.com/platform/amp/identities/2019/11/1/20943464/chicago-teachers-strike-deal
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)"> #SaveOurClerks I’m old enuff to remember when #CPS tried to replace school clerks w/ a machine. We waged a campaign to #SaveOurClerks. Now, the mayor & #CPS say that these Black & Brown women are essential. Hypocrisy much? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)"> https://www.ctulocal1.org/chicago-union-teacher/2020/09/psrp-corner-our-school-buildings-are-open-and-unsafe/">https://www.ctulocal1.org/chicago-u...
PSRP Corner: Our school buildings are open and unsafe | Chicago Teachers Union

The hypocrisy of CPS never ceases to amaze US. Four years ago, the district tried to get rid of school clerks, arguing that they were no longer needed. Today, in the midst of a global pandemic with...

https://www.ctulocal1.org/chicago-union-teacher/2020/09/psrp-corner-our-school-buildings-are-open-and-unsafe/
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)"> #HomelessStudents are vulnerable students. Remember our contract demands last October: housing for homeless students and their families & rent control support?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)"> https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.essence.com/amp/news/chicago-teachers-strike-lightfoot-affordable-housing">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)">Remember how #MLL responded: “the CTU’s collective bargaining agreement is not the appropriate place for the city to legislate its affordable housing policy.” Sheltering in place is hard when there’s no shelter.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)"> https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cps-strike-teachers-union-affordable-housinig-20191009-vcqjqc6t6rgynd3adjyn2jhaxm-story.html%3foutputType=am">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www...
Mayor says teachers holding up contract talks over affordable housing. Union replies: ‘We have...

Does the Chicago Teachers Union want affordable housing policy to be negotiated into its new contract? Mayor Lori Lightfoot says union holding up talks over issue.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cps-strike-teachers-union-affordable-housinig-20191009-vcqjqc6t6rgynd3adjyn2jhaxm-story.html%3foutputType=am
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)"> #MLL said: “Once this contract is resolved, our Dept of Housing will continue to work closely w/ stakeholders — including unions like the CTU — to ensure everyone in all of our communities has access to a safe, affordable, accessible place to live.” How ‘bout now, #MLL? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷🏾‍♀️" title="Achselzuckende Frau (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckende Frau (durchschnittlich dunkler Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)">Right now, we have an elementary school on the west side w/ the highest # of ID homeless students in the district & it isn’t clear to us that their liaisons hv the authority to even wrk w/ our homeless students.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)"> Our Bilingual students aren’t receiving the support they deserve based on #CPS own metrics: “In the last 2 yrs, 80% of schools fell significantly short in serving #ELL students w/ disabilities—-https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)"> Some 62% of schools were cited in multiple areas related to teacher credentials & hvg enuff qualified bilingual staff, & more than 70% Of #CPS bilingual programs fall short https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)"> https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wbez.org/amp/stories/more-than-70-of-cps-bilingual-programs-fall-short/835b5876-98ea-4a4b-b082-3b92c298f8a6">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www...
More Than 70% Of CPS Bilingual Programs Fall Short

There are 67,000 students learning English in Chicago Public Schools. CPS’ own evaluation said most schools educating them don’t measure up.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wbez.org/amp/stories/more-than-70-of-cps-bilingual-programs-fall-short/835b5876-98ea-4a4b-b082-3b92c298f8a6
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)">On a non- #COVID19 day, #MLL & #CPS fail to offer our #ELL students what they need. Now in the middle of a pandemic where Latinx zip codes hv the some of the highest infection rates in the city, the safest thing #CPS can do is bring them back to offer_____? #SMHhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)">Citywide positivity at 4.4% https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben"> from last wk. 399 rolling 7 day average. 21 schools w/ #COVID19 cases in October. 20.3% positivity among Latinx Chicagoans for the last 2 weeks. 8.6% Black. 9.1% for ppl 17 years old and younger tested in last 2 weekshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)"> BTW, Shouldn’t a nurse be the bare minimum requiremt for a #safereopening? At the *end* of our CBA we’ll hv nurses in every school. Seems like they should speed this one up? #COVID19
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)">Wat does #SafeReopening mean to #MLL and #CPS? All summer our students spent time explaining their need to hv safe schools w/o cops. All fall we hv spent time explaining our need to hv safe schools w/ ventilation, filtration, #PPE, cleaning, face coverings, etc. #COVID19 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)"> Much like our students we hv been ignored & dismissed. I’m guessing this is how #MLL & #CPS get down. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)">Early childhood students require appropriate remote learning schedules & age based accommodations. #remotelearning https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)">This isn’t a new thing. In fact, we had to bargain to win nap time for them last October. This concept that the mayor or her #CPS team can figure out how to do in-person school w/o us is laughable but trying to do so during a pandemic is absolutely ridiculous. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)"> 399 is the *current* 7-day avg & is 2x the 200 7-day avg #MLL & her team ID as criteria for safe in-person learning in Aug. So much for indoor bars and dining?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts (dunkler Hautton)">And, bc I hv it on good word that #MLL & her office monitor my SM, I hope this #thread compels her or her team to come correct & wrk w/ stakeholders who hv an investment in the safety & success of students & school communities. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏿" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (dunkler Hautton)"> https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-cps-remote-schedules-20201014-kcgw4lyywrcodjlngg5cclijaa-story.html">https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavir...
CPS students petition to shorten the class day — and end homework — during remote learning, citing...

“Mentally, we feel exhausted, unmotivated, and isolated," one student said.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-cps-remote-schedules-20201014-kcgw4lyywrcodjlngg5cclijaa-story.html
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