{"id":93368,"date":"2020-11-16T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T19:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=93368"},"modified":"2020-11-16T13:44:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T19:44:14","slug":"teachers-union-and-chicago-public-schools-lock-horns-over-covid-19-reopening-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/teachers-union-and-chicago-public-schools-lock-horns-over-covid-19-reopening-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers union and Chicago Public Schools lock horns over COVID-19 reopening plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Marie Mendoza and Catherine Henderson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Teachers union and Chicago Public Schools lock horns over COVID-19 reopening plans by MedillReports\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F930359767&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=800&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As COVID cases continue to rise in Illinois, Chicago Public Schools\u2019 second quarter has started, but school buildings remain empty. This comes after a month of pushback from teachers and parents after the district released a plan to bring back pre-K and some special education students.<\/p>\n<p>But the most recent news release from the district still says CPS will \u201cprovide and update on its goal of resuming in-person learning at some point in the second quarter.\u201d The Chicago Teachers Union continues to oppose the district\u2019s efforts, asking for a formal mediator in talks about the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>As the union and the district have gone back and forth with labor complaints and reopening plans, CPS still hasn\u2019t brought teachers to the table in any official way. The question of whether Chicago Public Schools must seek consent of its teachers before reopening has been a point of conflict since the summer.<\/p>\n<p><em>Catherine Henderson and Marie Mendoza are social justice and investigative reporters at Medill. You can follow them on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caity_henderson\">@caity_henderson<\/a> and @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marieannmendoza\">marieannmendoza<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Marie Mendoza and Catherine Henderson Medill Reports As COVID cases continue to rise in Illinois, Chicago Public Schools\u2019 second quarter has started, but school buildings remain empty. This comes after a month of pushback from teachers and parents after the district released a plan to bring back pre-K and some special education students. 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