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Jackson Potter
Co-chair of CORE and teacher at Little Village High School of Social Justice, CORE-Caucus of Rank and File Educators
Potter is a Chicago Public Schools graduate. He worked at Englewood High School and was the union delegate there when former CEO Arne Duncan called the school a “culture of failure” and started a phase-out in 2005. Potter then began to resist corporate school reform, joined a rank-and-file group of teachers and formed the Renaissance 2010 committee within the Chicago Teachers Union. He fought to give teachers a right to sit at the table with the CUE (Chicagoans United for Education) coalition before the CTU dismantled it. Currently, Potter is the union delegate at Social Justice High School in Little Village. He helped to form CORE in May of 2008 and the Grassroots Education Movement, with community organizations, shortly thereafter. The CTU was invited back into the coalition by CORE and became an official member of GEM. Potter has a masters degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Teacher pay
July 22, 2010 - 2:36pmIt's interesting that the Tribune would focus on teachers who make more than $100,000 when less than 1 percent of Chicago teachers receive that level of compensation...
Teachers' image
June 14, 2010 - 8:52pmI should first say for the sake of transparency that i am one of the founding members of CORE, the caucus that just won the historic election victory on June 11th to...
Class sizes
May 26, 2010 - 4:46pmI whole-heartedly agree with Mrs. Forte. This is a logic problem. Why would having more students with academic deficiencies in a classroom be okay? More personalized...
High school reform
May 13, 2010 - 10:23pmAccording to the recent book released by the Consortium on Chicago School Research about the five essential school supports, the introduction of high stakes testing...
Judging teachers
April 8, 2010 - 6:07pmThis is very treacherous terrain. How do we measure the ethical development of students? What about empathy, creativity, and a willingness to learn difficult and...
Should teachers sacrifice raises?
March 2, 2010 - 10:01pmIf Huberman agrees to give up his dental plan and superfluous vehicles, then i might consider furlough days, pension cuts, and all of the other draconian measures...
What's next for NCLB?
February 24, 2010 - 9:33pmI think everyone has made some very good points that i would have a difficult time adding to. The only thing I'd like to mention is the idea of an "educational debt"...
LSCs future?
February 24, 2010 - 9:14pmI agree with Rod, i do not think the LSC composition is the problem -- though as a teacher i don't think it would hurt to add another teacher rep. The problem is one...
How's Huberman doing?
February 8, 2010 - 5:13pmRecently the Sun-Times focused on the travails of schools chief Ron Huberman's first year in office in " A year of living on the edge for CPS boss Huberman." The...
Will turnarounds work?
January 26, 2010 - 12:07pmAnother question we need to ask is if this model is actually a new model. Many schools in Chicago have gone through a variety of similar transformations, like...