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Chicago Teachers Pension Fund Trustee Alleges Mismanagement
Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund (CTPF) Trustee Maria J. Rodriguez is requesting outside counsel because she said she is being threatened after she raised…
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Minnesota Teachers Authorize Forensic Audit of Teachers Pension Fund
The Educators for Pension Reform in Minnesota is a Facebook group of almost 20,000 teachers who raised $78k to conduct a forensic audit of their state…
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CTU President Stacy Davis Gates Lashes Out at Legacy Media
Ben Joravsky Show
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Chicago Pension Fund Trustees Vote Against Private Equity
The Chicago Teacher Pension Fund Trustees finally knocked down private equity by voting against a measure to invest another $10 million in the KKR…
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March 2024

Chicago Board of Ed Meeting March 21, 2024
Teacher Assistants Still FIghting for Contract
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CTPF Education Session Highlights Private Equity Success
But Questions Still Remain
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Why is CTPF Moving Open Investment Meetings Behind Closed Doors?
Are Chicago Teachers Pension Fund Investment Committee Meetings no longer open to the public? Former Teacher Trustee Tina Padilla, who retired last year…
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Interview with Lindblom Teacher & US Congress Candidate Ed Hershey
We speak to Ed Hershey, a fearsome fighter for teachers and workers’ rights for years. He is the associate delegate at Lindblom High School and a…
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Chicago Board of Education Meeting Feb. 22, 2024
The big news that came out of last month’s Chicago Board of Education Meeting was the decision to finally remove all cops in the schools and begin a…
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New Teacher & Retired Teacher Delegates
The Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates last month featured many new faces who were elected delegates. When CTU President Stacy Davis Gates asked…
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February 2024

Chicago Teachers’ Pension Boosted Funded Status in Fiscal 2023, but Private Equity Underperforms
The Chicago Teachers Pension Fund earned 9.1 percent last year, but did not reach its benchmark, according to the website Chief Invesment Officer. The…
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More Conferences & Charter Woes Addressed at CTPF Meeting
If you’re going to San Francisco, make sure to wear some flowers in your hair. The popular 1960s song during the Age of Aquarius came to mind when I…
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