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

Labor
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
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.