Tuesday’s mayoral race will be a test of the teachers union’s influence.
, CTU will be allowed to collectively bargain over issues like school staffing levels, class sizes, layoffs, length of the school year and health and safety standards for the first time. They’ll also phase into having an elected school board, instead of a mayor-appointed one. These changes came after Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law handing teachers rights that the union had been asking for for the last 25 years.
that championed charter schools, expanded standardized testing, diverted funds away from teacher’s pension funds, and meted out harsh punishments for under-performing schools.Each candidate has a very different proposal for CPS if they win the race. Vallas, who became CPS’s first mayor-appointed CEO in 1995, wants to bring back more standardized testing, give more power to principals and local leaders, and make it easier for charter schools to open.
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