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Instead of focusing on the fact that America s students are falling far behind in critical subjects like math and reading, teachers at a recent conference chose to deal with "decolonizing minds," "whiteness," and "intersectional feminism."
Former CTU president Karen Lewis “really challenged the popular understanding about public schools,” said Robert Bruno, a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “She did take on the mayor. She did take on the school board, but Karen was speaking about public education and how public education had been put at risk. . She wasn’t afraid to call out names and identify people in a very unvarnished, sometimes profane, but always profound way.”
Brian Jackson/ Sun-Times file
Karen Lewis was a fighter.
As the president of the Chicago Teachers Union, she battled for the best contracts her members could get, even as she struggled against aggressive brain cancer.