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Upcoming union, city elections are a chance to end the CPS-CTU rhetoric

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates speaks beside President Jesse Sharkey during Chicago Teachers Union’s press conference Nov. 2021. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

In response to Nader Issa’s balanced analysis about the state of education in Chicago, the next round of leadership elections may decide if fighting between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union stays the new normal.

Impasses, stalemates and political standoffs have become all too common between the two. Both sides talk at each other, but instead should do more to collaborate in the best interest of students. Can the current CTU leadership’s tactics lead to results that provide solidarity among union members but also benefit students and parents?

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