CTU Calls For Stronger Safety Guarantees For CPS Teachers

The Chicago Teachers Union says it wants better assurances that CPS teachers headed back to the classroom will be safe.

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Students walk to a school bus with teachers after in-person classes at school in Wheeling, Ill., Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Nam Y. Huh / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Virus Outbreak Illinois
Students walk to a school bus with teachers after in-person classes at school in Wheeling, Ill., Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Nam Y. Huh / ASSOCIATED PRESS

CTU Calls For Stronger Safety Guarantees For CPS Teachers

The Chicago Teachers Union says it wants better assurances that CPS teachers headed back to the classroom will be safe.

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The Chicago Teachers Union is voicing concerns over the status of Chicago Public Schools’ plan to return to in-person learning in January.

Reset brings on CTU leadership to gain a sense of their latest concerns with the district’s reopening plans.

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