Chicago Teachers' "Climate Justice" Collides With $734M School Budget Crisis

Chicago Teachers’ “Climate Justice” Collides With $734M School Budget Crisis – Tampa Free Press

“The most environmentally friendly thing Chicago Public Schools could do is reorganize their extremely under-enrolled campuses, but instead, CTU wants to spend tax dollars on solar panels and other ‘green school initiatives,” said Mailee Smith, senior director of labor policy for the Illinois Policy Institute. “Consolidation would benefit both students and the environment, however, this would likely eliminate union positions, which CTU would nev…

Chicago Teachers' "Climate Justice" Collides With $734M School Budget Crisis

Teachers Union’s ‘Climate Justice’ Goals Meet Fiscal Reality As Students Fail “Climate justice” provisions in the Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) new contract are colliding with financial reality as the city’s low-performing public school system faces a projected $734 million budget shortfall. CTU’s $1.5 billion collective bargaining contract with the Chicago Board of Education, ratified in April, cemented […] Chicago Teachers’ “Climate Justice” …

Teachers Union’s ‘Climate Justice’ Goals Meet Fiscal Reality As Students Fail

The Chicago Teachers Union’s “climate justice” agenda is colliding with reality, as the city’s public school system faces a $734 million budget deficit.