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No longer publishing here

Nathan Goldbaum June 30, 2018 September 6, 2019Uncategorized

CTU researchers will continue to publish on our union website. After much consideration, staff of the Chicago Teachers Union—who had done the bulk of contributing and upkeep of this site—decided to focus our efforts elsewhere.…

Education cannot be the “great equalizer” when unaffordable housing is an insurmountable barrier

Sarah Rothschild June 6, 2018 September 20, 2019Housing

The Chicago region’s homes are under water and it is not due to the annual flooding from the Des Plaines River. A new analysis from Zillow shows that Chicago ranks 2nd in the nation for…

The Wrong Side of Ashland: Skinner, Dett and Brown

Pavlyn Jankov May 23, 2018 May 24, 2018Housing, Justice, Schools

Investment is flowing rapidly and visibly into the areas surrounding downtown Chicago. But many neighborhoods, some often just outside these zones of wealthy development, continue to shed jobs and public investment in a cycle of…

Environmental Racism Puts Our Students at Risk

Sarah Rothschild May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018Health, Housing, Schools

Environmental Racism protest, photo by Frank Thomas via Southeast Side Coalition to Ban Petcoke

The appalling filth and environmental hazards in our schools are driven by decades of neglect, particularly in schools that serve Black and Brown children. But Chicago’s working class communities of color have been dogged by generations of environmental racism, as well.