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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 tenure
January 13, 2011 - 7:27amI couldn't have put it better than Mike Klonsky. Public Sector unions are the new boogey-man and at such a convenient time when the financial sector is on the rebound...
Charter transfers
November 11, 2010 - 4:06pmThis story raises many red flags about the role of charters in our public school system. Consider that only 20% of charters perform as well or better than their...
Waiting for Superman
October 14, 2010 - 6:24amDealing with the Kryptonite
Over the last 30 years, every administration in the White House has sounded the alarm about the failure of the American educational...
Budget cuts
September 8, 2010 - 8:43pmSchools throughout the system have been hit tremendously hard by these cuts. I have seen over 1000 experienced educators terminated and kicked to the curb. This is...
Teacher pay
July 22, 2010 - 1:36pmIt'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 - 7:52pmI 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 - 3:46pmI 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 - 9:23pmAccording 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 - 5:07pmThis 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 - 9:01pmIf 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...