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Feb 8, 2021 · She became a chemistry teacher after leaving medical school. She taught at three Chicago high schools, including Lane Tech, where she also served on the local school council.
Feb 8, 2021 · She taught chemistry at Lane Tech. Encouraged by her colleagues, she fought the burnout of dealing with CASE exams (how many readers remember them?) by accepting a very different challenge: the intensive National Board Certification for teachers. Here’s what she told me about her takeaways.
Feb 8, 2021 · CHICAGO — Former longtime Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has passed away following a years-long battle with brain cancer. She was 67. Lewis was diagnosed with an aggressive form...
Feb 8, 2021 · Returning to Chicago, she soon joined the faculty of one of the city’s top high schools, Lane Tech, on the North Side. In 2001, she married John Lewis, a fellow teacher there. Her husband...
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Feb 8, 2021 · Karen Lewis revitalized the Chicago Teachers Union and helped inspire unions and teachers across the country to fight for quality public schools.
Oct 2, 2012 · Three years later, Lewis moved to Lane Tech, the city’s prestigious selective enrollment math and science academy.
Feb 8, 2021 · Karen Lewis was a true comrade, a compassionate and bold leader who paved the way to build a social justice movement in Chicago during the neoliberal atrocious administration of Rahm Emmanuel.
