This Week in Ed 10.12.18: Ongoing Nursing disaster at CPS; LSC workshop tomorrow; New state test for IL and more!
Raise Your Hand had a second meeting with a group of parents, the head of Special Ed and the Chief Operating Officer to discuss major nursing compliance issues at the district. Many students are put in unsafe situations due to lack of coverage, untrained nurses from temp agencies, and lack of continuity of care.
Read moreThis Week in Ed 9.27.18: Raise a Glass: This Tuesday!
Raise Your Hand's annual fundraiser, Raise a Glass for RYH, is this Tuesday! Join us at Lagunitas Brewing Company on Tuesday, October 2, from 5:30 - 8:30pm. Please buy your ticket in advance so we can plan ahead!
Read moreThis Week in Ed 9.20.18 AND Raise a Glass for RYH! Less than 2 weeks away!
Why support RYH at our annual fundraiser on Tuesday, Oct 2, 5:30-8:30pm? A note from a CPS parent & member of our fundraiser committee:
Hello fellow public education supporter,
I have a photo from six years ago almost to the day: it's my family holding picket signs in the playground behind Ray School from when teachers went on strike over a longer school day and labor conditions. It reminds me of the school closing hearings, state budget fights, and assorted other CPS zaniness over the years. I believe Raise Your Hand keeps the people inside the Board of Ed building from going totally off the rails, which is one reason we helped plan a fundraiser to honor special education parents’ epic fight this past year and raise funds to support continued organizing on this issue and so many other issues on Tuesday, Oct. 2.
Read moreATTENTION CPS Parents of Students with Special Needs!
The Advocates have asked the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to require CPS to distribute the flyer below to CPS parents of students with special needs. Please share!
Read moreThis Week in Ed 5.17.18: State takes control of CPS Special Education
The state voted yesterday to appoint an independent monitor to oversee almost all aspects of CPS’ special education. Please read this entire email... We need you to Grow With Us for more wins in public education!
Read moreThis Week in Ed 5.11.18: State says CPS violated federal sped law- Recommends monitor for 3 years
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Read moreRYH Statements from the April 2018 Unelected BOE Meeting
Two RYH staff members spoke at the April 2018 unelected CPS Board of Education meeting. Their statements are below. We've also included other statements of interest. One statement is about the recent LSC election, the next is about the privatized nursing contract and its impact on CPS students who require a high level of care by a nurse, and the last is about the ISBE investigation into CPS special education and the need for certain remedies that the Advocates group is demanding.
Read moreISBE Panel Sides with Advocates in Special Ed Probe
We are pleased to share that the IL State Board of Education (ISBE) special education panel agreed with the major assertions that 14 organizations made that CPS put in place systemic policies to delay and deny services to students since July 2016. The panel shared its findings at the ISBE board meeting today.
Read moreThis Week in Ed 3.23.18: State Board of Ed grills CPS head of Special Ed for 4 hours
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