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The federal lawsuit seeks relief for all teachers affected by the 2012
and any future turnarounds—including reinstatement and damages—and
importantly, an immediate moratorium on turnarounds and the
appointment of an independent monitor to oversee any future turnarounds,
should any occur or be permitted.
LINKS TO LEGAL DOCUMENTS: CTU vs. Board of
Education: Turnarounds and Race Class Action
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Filing
CPS Turnarounds: 2006 to present
From the Lakota to Gaza: The Deep Wound of Wounded Knee
by
Johnny Barber
December 29 th marks the 122 nd anniversary of the Massacre at
Wounded Knee. It is a story that remains fresh in the lives of many
indigenous peoples across America. Each generation is taught to never
forget.
In 1891, reviewing the history leading up to the massacre,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Thomas Morgan said,
“It is hard to overestimate the magnitude of the calamity which
happened to the Sioux people by the sudden disappearance of the buffalo.
The boundless range was to be abandoned for the circumscribed
reservation, and abundance of plenty to be supplanted by limited and
decreasing government subsistence and supplies. Under these
circumstances it is not in human nature not to be discontented and restless,
even turbulent and violent.”
Commissioner Morgan was not empathetic about the plight of the
indigenous people. He was just stating facts. One year prior to the
massacre, in Oct 1889, he issued a policy paper stating his convictions
regarding the native population.
“The Indians must conform to “the white man’s ways,” peaceably if
they will, forcibly if they must. They must adjust themselves to their
environment, and conform their mode of living substantially to our
civilization. This civilization may not be the best possible, but it is the best