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Strikes don't help
In solving labor disputes for public school teachers, striking is not the answer. In Chicago, about 26,000 teachers and support staff have walked off the job. Now more than 350,000 students need a new place to spend their days until their parents make...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Career and Workplace, Strikes
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Emanuel confronted by striking teachers while selling strike message
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel today continued to sell his message that the Chicago teachers strike was “avoidable” as picketing teachers provided the background noise to a news conference at a Marquette Park school. The mayor had to sneak into the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Marquette Park, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel
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CPS students at the Tribune's The Mash: "I want pop quizzes. I want school lunch on a plastic tray."
The walkout staged by Chicago Public Schools teachers this week had a ripple effect on thousands of children throughout the city. Among them are the high school students who work for The Mash, the Chicago Tribune’s teen publication and journalism...
Tags: Back to School, Walter Payton, Chicago Public Schools, University of Illinois at Chicago, Career and Workplace
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Chicago teachers strike is inspiring, but danger lurks
I went down to the union rally in the Loop on Monday, the first day of the teachers strike, not knowing what I'd find or even what I wanted to. It was a startling, thrilling sight. Thousands of red shirts were swarming south on Clark Street, chants...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Students, Career and Workplace, Strikes
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How Chicago's Teacher Strike Explains the Education De-revolution
Several good friends of mine work as Chicago Public School teachers, and as the strike continues this week, I can’t help but point out it seems like Chicago’s great at coughing up money for Olympic bids, NATO summits, and TIFF slush funds, but...
Tags: Finland, Family, Ravenswood, Chicago Charter Schools, Toronto International Film Festival
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Mayor Emanuel on CTU contract sticking point
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reacting Tuesday afternoon to one of the sticking points in reaching a contract agreement with Chicago’s striking teachers. Specifically, he addressed whether or not individual school principals should be responsible for...
Tags: Public Schools, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Chicago Public Schools, Teachers
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Chicago teacher strike into third day
CHICAGO (AP) — The public teachers' strikethat has halted classwork and upset family routines across Chicago ground into a third day Wednesday with some movement reported by union and school board negotiators but no sign of an imminent deal....
Tags: Politics, Unions, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Career and Workplace
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Chicago School Strike Hits Third Day
CNNCHICAGO -- Talks were set to start again Wednesday morning with Chicago's school board and striking public school teachers seemingly miles apart from reaching a deal to get 350,000 children back in school. And as rhetoric and accusations came from both...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Safety at School, Garry McCarthy, Unions, CNN (tv network)
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Baltimore educators to rally in support of Chicago teacher strike
Baltimore City educators are planning to rally in solidarity with their Chicago Public Schools counterparts, who made national news Monday by executing their first teacher strike in 25 years. About 25,000 Chicago unionized educators fulfilled their vow...Tags: Politics, American Federation of Teachers, Teachers Unions, Chicago Public Schools, Students
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Chicago school strike hits third day
Talks were set to start again Wednesday morning with Chicago's school board and striking public school teachers seemingly miles apart from reaching a deal to get 350,000 children back in school. And as rhetoric and accusations came from both sides,...
Tags: Karen Lewis, Unions, CNN (tv network), Career and Workplace, News Agency
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Emanuel spokeswoman: He does not like Nickelback
For RedEyeChicago Mayor Emanuel doesn't actually like Nickelback, despite a sign at the teachers strike that indicated otherwise. When asked if the mayor is fond of the Canadian crooners, his spokeswoman Tarrah Cooper told RedEye in an e-mail "No." A photo of a...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel
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School closure plans impacting teacher contract talks
Clout StreetChicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis today acknowledged that the issue of impending school closings, coupled with the rapid opening of taxpayer-supported private schools known as "charters," are affecting negotiations, particularly the issue of...Tags: Karen Lewis, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools, Teachers, Chicago Teachers Union
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