Kenzo Shibata is an activist who writes and teaches in Chicago. He's a founding member of the Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators.
The Chicago Teachers Union is locked in a standoff with the mayor as teachers defy orders to return to in-person teaching. If the mayor doesn’t back down, she’ll have a big fight on her hands — one that could look like the 2019 CTU strike that lasted fifteen days.
Chicago’s criminal justice system has long been brutal and racist. State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has tried to change that in the last four years — which is precisely why she’s under attack right now.
No other presidential candidate has anywhere near as strong a platform on public education as Bernie Sanders. That’s why America’s teachers’ unions should endorse him for president.
Saturday’s marches were successful because they rallied millions, not just a small core of activists.
Neoliberalism is the real affront to higher education — not Kanye West’s honorary doctorate.
A radical critique of public education falls flat.
Teach for America wanted to help stem a teacher shortage. Why then are thousands of experienced educators being replaced by hundreds of new college graduates?
If only there were a solution “lying around” to attach to this crisis.