CTU Black Caucus @CTUBlackCaucus
The CTU Black Caucus is made up of highly qualified educators, fighting for the right to educate and for educational justice for all children. facebook.com/ctublackcaucus Chicago Joined January 2013-
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Some of the finest people the world will ever know will not be teaching Chicago's children next year. wbez.org/news/education…
Love this picture of MLK. Hope you notice that his tuition and books for a semester of college at Morehouse is $93
IU students are on strike because they've just realized they're paying thousands of dollars to get a job at target. #iuonstrike
@thechalkface @ACLU or @NAACP - school closings are civil rights fight of our time. #cpsclosings
With #CPS mass school closings, I just want to thank all the quality teachers. Thank you to one of mine Coach Lewis
Is Education The Same As Schooling? wp.me/p5MpX-35V
Members of @ProgressiveChi Caucus in Springfield today. Fighting to keep our public schools open.
@HillaryCrosley The trend of de-stabilizing and de-investing in public schools is sickening. We can talk more on the overcrowding issue.
Dear @RepKenDunkin, thank you for your work on the #CPS school closing moratorium legislation! Someone must hold CPS accountable!
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Critical thinking: just one of many rarities our society
@TheLovelyP Yep it's critical. The truth arms you with a responsibility that must be upheld, lest you fail the entire community.
The cavalry is not coming. We're the iconic leaders we've been waiting for, curators of the change we've been waiting to see. #befearless
If you are reading this tweet right now, then you are blessed.
I love being a black male in the field of elementary education. #pioneer
On Ed reform, Blackness & comparisons to desegregation washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootd… via @CTUBlackCaucus. Hadn't seen such explicit piece in MSM.
Now they want to change the electoral college? And the Voting Rights Act? You think this is by accident? They're good. We should be smarter.
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