{"id":115306,"date":"2021-02-01T10:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115306"},"modified":"2021-02-01T20:27:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T01:27:01","slug":"standoff-between-chicago-public-schools-and-teachers-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/standoff-between-chicago-public-schools-and-teachers-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Standoff between Chicago Public Schools and teachers continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstandoff-between-chicago-public-schools-and-teachers-continues%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115306&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1266183854-315x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2364081\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2364081\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2364081\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1266183854-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2364081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA &#8211; AUGUST 13: An empty classroom is seen at Hollywood High School on August 13, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 5:30 PM PT \u2013 Monday, February 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Tensions remain high between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union. On Monday, CPS officials issued a final warning to staff, saying if teachers refused to comply, they would lose access to their remote teaching tools.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks to the advocacy of our members and school communities, Mayor Lightfoot and CPS have agreed to continue bargaining and will not lock any educators out of their teaching platforms.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ChicagoTeachersUnion (@CTULocal1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTULocal1\/status\/1356386769332301826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In-person learning is set to begin on Tuesday for roughly 65 thousand K-8 students. This news came a day after Mayor Lori Lightfoot threatened to take action against those teachers who did not show up for their classes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CPS &amp; CTU leadership made significant progress towards reopening schools in our discussions today. To ensure we have time to productively continue, in-person instruction will be delayed until Wed. 2\/3, we must ask parents to continue keeping your children home. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YwjlKbLZxB\">pic.twitter.com\/YwjlKbLZxB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chicago Public Schools (@ChiPubSchools) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiPubSchools\/status\/1356397315876126725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some parents are also pushing for their children to get back to school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Parents are tired of being caught in the middle,&#8221; Joseph Williams, a parent to one of the students said. &#8220;We feel like that we are ignored by CPS and our children are being used as bargaining chips.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some fear the latest actions by officials could potentially trigger a teachers strike in the coming days.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is not about wins or losses. This is about safety in a pandemic. And our members\u2019 dedication, support from students and families, and support from all those who share our values and our cause, have us on a path toward safety. Onward. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Solidarity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Solidarity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ChicagoTeachersUnion (@CTULocal1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTULocal1\/status\/1356389561698549761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/jen-psaki-responds-to-twitter-mockery-of-circle-back-phrase\/\">Jen Psaki Responds To Twitter Mockery Of \u2018Circle Back\u2019 Phrase<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA \u2013 AUGUST 13: An empty classroom is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892419,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4704,4387,3799,3735,4703,4605],"class_list":["post-115306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-between","tag-chicago","tag-public","tag-schools","tag-standoff","tag-teachers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}