George Schmidt's life of love and service[This article was originally published on Oct. 6, 2018.]
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George's almost superhuman energy and brilliance[This article was originally published on October 6, 2018.]
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Saying goodbye to George – visitations, funeral, graveside[This article was first published on Oct. 10, 2018.]
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Thank you for your kind words[This article was first published on Oct. 16, 2018.] In the few weeks since George has died, Dan, Sam Josh and I have been helped in our sorrow by the love and support shown to . . . | |  |
Chicago Tribune obituary: George Schmidt, passionate Chicago Public Schools teacher, dies at 71[This article was published online at the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 21, 2018, and in print on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018.]
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Substance News to honor founder George Schmidt (1946-2018)After Substance founder George Schmidt died in September 2018, many of us felt it was very important to keep Substance News alive and to continue George's work of advocating for economic justice, professional respect for . . . | |  |
Many additional articles about George SchmidtIn the weeks following George's death, many of our friends wrote articles about him. We published most of these October 2018. Each tells a different story about him as a teacher, union organizer, journalist, and . . . | |  |
Oral history interview of George SchmidtChicago Public School teacher and union activist, George Schmidt discusses his work as editor of Substance a newspaper covering public education that he helped found in 1975. A two and a half hour recording . . . | |  |
Readers may contact George Schmidt's widow with questions, concernsAs the owner of the Substance site and widow of Substance founder and long-time editor George N. Schmidt, I am maintaining Substance News as a way to keep our database of articles alive. Most of . . . | |  |
July Substance stories moved to AugustI'm posting articles about George on the monthly homepage of Substance now. I moved all the stories displayed on the July 2023 to August. . . . | |
The Long War on Black Studies: It would be a mistake to think of the current wave of attacks on “critical race theory” as a culture war. This is a political battle.We fell under the leadership of those who would compromise with truth in the past in order to make peace in the present and guide policy in the future.
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Sparks fly at Chicago Board of Education between presidents[This article was originally published on June 11 on Jim Vail's site, Second City Teachers. We're also publishing a comment posted on the article by Troy LaRaviere.]
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How Illinois cut teacher and public worker pensions without a fight[This article was originally published on May 23 at Second City Teachers.]
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CTU beginning Tier Two pension fight that divides teachers union[This article was originally published in Second City Teachers.]
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CTU communications regarding Tier Two pension history[The following article was published by CTU Communications on Sept. 16, 2022, and titled "You deserve your retirement. Let’s fix Tier Two and anti-teacher social security provisions."]
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Avoiding Deenan's crapI often read the other side and thank Szalai for helping me avoid Deneen's crap. I live 25 miles from the Middlebury College he so decries – in a rural village, where, I'd tell him, . . . | |  |
Substance News editorship returns to Schmidt familySteinmetz High School teacher Sharon Schmidt, the widow of Substance founder and long-time editor George Schmidt, has returned to edit Substance beginning May 1, 2023. She had previously served as editor from October 2018 through . . . | |  |
A tale of two teachers unions: Comparing the influence of progressive CTU with tepid UFTI was asked to write an article for New York monthly The Indypendent on the differences between the left wing teacher unions in Chicago and Los Angeles compared to the UFT. I didn't have the . . . | |  |
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