The Chicago Teachers Union Is Pushing for Remote Learning. The City Says No.
The New York Times
Two days after winter break, union members were preparing to vote on whether they would refuse to report to school buildings.
CHICAGO — Omicron is surging. Virus testing for schools is a mess. Teachers are demanding remote schooling; education officials are saying no.
And Chicago parents do not know what to expect on Wednesday morning.
The latest Covid-19 surge has disrupted education across the country, but in Chicago, it has led to a bitter confrontation with the teachers’ union. On Tuesday, two days after returning from winter break, members of the union’s House of Delegates voted in favor of refusing to report to school buildings starting on Wednesday; parents and city officials were anxiously awaiting the results of an online vote of the union’s full membership.