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CTPF Trustees Vote to Hire High-Priced Dep Dir Despite Falling Funding Ratio
CTPF Ex Dir Carlton Lenoir
What do you do when you’re bleeding money at the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund?
You hire another high-priced executive.
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Chicago School Board Sept. 25, 2026 Meeting
Prescott Elementary Principal Erin Roche in 2009 with LSC CoChair Jennifer Lister
The good, the bad and the very ugly.
This would sum up the Sept. 24, 2026 Chicago Board of Education meeting where the public and union reps spoke about pr...
Liberty Justice Center Strikes Back at Second City Teachers
Liberty Justice Center CEO Sarah Albrect
You’re either with us or against us!
Independent journalists today are under attack in a world that is growing increasingly hostile to a free press. My website, substack, news blog, whatever you ca...
CTU Wins Case Against Phil Weiss & Liberty Justice Center Over Audits
Philip Weiss
A judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) member Phil Weiss and the Liberty Justice Center to demand the release of the full audits of the union.
A CTU memo sent out to members stated the followi...
CTPF Board of Trustees Vote to Rehire Callan
CTPF Teacher Trustee Vicki Kurzydlo
The vote to rehire embattled Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund Investment Consultant Callan illustrated how politics trumps the world of pensions and investments in the Windy City.
Trustees voted not once...
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Hi, my name is Jim Vail. I am a Chicago Public School teacher and journalist. I believe in strong unions fighting for the working people, a strong public education for all and investigative reporting to expose corruption.
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