My name is Tenika Sampson. My daughter attends Chicago International Charter School LLoyd Bond campus.
Month: March 2016
What’s the Point of the Chicago Teachers Union Walkout This Friday?
Education Post sat down with two CPS teachers to discuss the one-day CTU strike and it’s purpose.
Teachers who cross strike pickets on April 1 could owe pay to CTU
As Chicago Public School teachers prepare to walk out the classrooms April 1, Chicago Teachers Union has affirmed that teachers will receive payment under one condition:
SEAN “DIDDY” COMBS LAUNCHING A NEW CHARTER SCHOOL IN HARLEM
The self-proclaimed “Bad Boy” Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, is doing more good. Combs recently announced that he plans to open a charter school in Harlem. Combs says creating the school is “a dream come true.” Read more on The Grio.
Why I Chose Charter Schools for My Son
I’m a mom of an 8 year old son and a 8-month old. Education is extremely important to me. Once my first son turned 2, I put him in day care for the social aspect. Once he turned 4, he started Pre-k at Legacy Charter School on the west side of Chicago. I have history with Legacy, because my little…
A Walk-Out Isn’t Going to Help the Kids and Families in Chicago Public Schools
It’s Election Day in Illinois; the greatest emblem of participation in our democracy and civic life. I guess that’s why it struck me as extremely ironic when I read on the Chicago Tribune website that the Chicago Teachers Union has doubled down on its plan to implement what amounts to a one-day strike on April 1st. It seems that the…
Why Black Males Need to Answer the Call and Teach
Sharif El-Mekki is the principal of Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus in West Philadelphia. This post was originally posted on Education Post, in which El-Mekki shares why more Black males should accept the call to teach. Had you asked me 25 years ago—and some people did—if I’d become an educator, I would have said, “No way! Why would I work…
Documentary Shows How Chicago Schools Were Racist 50 Years Ago; Has Anything Changed?
From Rebecca Klein in Huffington Post: In a recent documentary produced by Kartemquin Films, the racism that plagued Chicago Public Schools in 1963, is highlighted. Under the guidance of Superintendent, Benjamin C. Willis, Chicago citizens criticized Willis of segregating schools, causing Black students to have an inferior education. The documentary focuses on the past, in an effort to point to…