State Education Labor Relations Board Appointments Dominated by Teacher Union Appointees

From the Pritzker Administration:

EDUCATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

Lara Shayne will serve as Chair of the Educational Labor Relations Board.* Shayne has served on the Educational Labor Relations Board since 2016. Prior to her service on the Educational Labor Relations Board, Shayne served as Senior Manager of Labor Relations at the Board of Education of the City of Chicago and before that as the Board’s General Counsel. Shayne has also served as Assistant Corporation Counsel at the City of Chicago, Department of Law. Shayne was recently Co-Chair of the Parent’s Association and Board of Trustees Member at Francis W. Parker School. Shayne earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Michigan and her Juris Doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
 
Steven Grossman will serve on the Educational Labor Relations Board.* Grossman most recently served as the as President of the North Suburban Teachers Union and as Associate Director and part-time instructor at DePaul University’s Labor Education Center. Prior to his role at DePaul University, Grossman served for over twenty years as a high school studies [whatever that means] teacher at Niles Township High School. Grossman earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Iowa and a Master in the Art of Teaching History from the University of Illinois, Chicago.
 
Michelle Ishmael will serve on the Educational Labor Relations Board.* Ishmael currently serves as Lobbyist and Political Consultant for the Illinois Education Association, a role she has held for over twenty years. Previously, she was Program Director at Working in the Schools. Ishmael also has vast experience working political campaigns across the state. She is the Vice-President of the National Association of Legislative and Political Specialists Board and a certified yoga instructor. Ishmael earned a Bachelor of Science from Bradley University.

*Subject to Senate confirmation.


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State Education Labor Relations Board Appointments Dominated by Teacher Union Appointees — 2 Comments

  1. Here is an article from the Federalist on REQUIRED training for teachers in a Naperville school district on anti-racism. Tax dollars at work for parents in Naperville perhaps paying $10K, $15K or more in annual real estate tax bills for their homes. A huge amount of our real estate tax bills, 70+ percent, here in McHenry County is for school districts. We citizens need to be alert lest craziness similar to that town down south of us comes here.

    https://thefederalist.com/2021/03/05/illinois-teachers-shamed-for-color-of-their-skin-in-taxpayer-sponsored-antiracist-training/

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