Kenzo Shibata is the social media coordinator for Chicago Teachers Union and a founding member of CORE-The Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators. He is a former classroom teacher who recently received a masters in Public Policy from Northwestern University.
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Teach for America’s Mission to Displace Rank-and-File Educators in Chicago
Why are thousands of experienced educators being replaced by new college graduates?
Kenzo Shibata
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CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett May Have Met Her Match in Chicago
Kenzo Shibata
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Disaster Capitalism in Chicago Schools
Chicago's Board of Education creates a crisis, and charter school operators reap the benefits.
Kenzo Shibata