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Emanuel to campaign for Obama in Florida this weekend
Tribune reporterMayor Rahm Emanuel will continue his role as a surrogate for President Barack Obama this weekend, heading to Florida to try to convince the swing state's key Jewish and senior citizen constituencies to vote to send Obama back to the White House....Tags: Judaism, Barack Obama, Chicago Elections, Chicago Mayor, 2012 Democratic National Convention
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Brizard out as CPS chief: 'We agreed it is best'
Tribune reportersMayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked choice to head the Chicago public schools resigned Thursday, just three weeks after the end of the city's first teachers strike in a quarter century. Jean-Claude Brizard said he and the mayor agreed he should step down...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools, New York City, Chicago Teachers Union
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No deal, classes remain cancelled in Evergreen Park
WGN NewsSchools are closed today and they will be again tomorrow in Evergreen Park, where a teacher strike is now in its second week. Union leaders say they are disappointed but not discouraged by the latest failure to reach a deal. Today they are feeling re-...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Education, Strikes, Students
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Paul Ryan in Chicago, says Obama ducking economic record
Tribune reporterRepublican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan accused President Barack Obama on Sunday of running a campaign based on distractions to avoid confronting his economic record and of promoting “stagnation that fosters dependency” rather than...Tags: Political Fundraising, Services and Shopping, Chicago Public Schools, Barack Obama, Chicago Mayor
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Aldermen want hearings on Chicago school closings
Although Chicago teachers have signed off on their new contract, the lingering anxiety about the future of the city's public education system surfaced Thursday as aldermen stepped up a call for hearings on potential school closings. Chicago Public...
Tags: Michael D. Chandler, Chicago Teachers Union, Proco Joe Moreno, Strikes, Karen Lewis
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FBI gives Chicago student a peek at his potential
Jeremy Clark is a serious young man from a serious neighborhood: Roseland on the South Side, the kind of place most of you see only from a distance, in a crime story. Blue cop lights flashing, yellow police tape on the trees, angry neighbors mingling,...
Tags: Entertainment, Criminals, CSI (tv program), Gaming, Science and Technology
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Chicago teachers vote on new contract today
WGN NewsChicago Teachers Union members are voting today on the new contract that ended their strike last month. CTU president Karen Lewis is not giving any indication whether or not she has confidence that the contract will pass majority vote by the rank and...Tags: Schools, Chicago Mayor, High Schools, Elections, Merchandise Mart
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CPS announces strike make-up days for students
Chicago Public Schools have announced the make-up days for the seven school days lost during the teacher strike. For students on a traditional schedule, which is most of the system, the make-up days are: - January 3 and 4 - Presidents Day, February 18 -...
Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools, Family, Students
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Suburban Chicago teachers might strike
Another teachers strike is possible, this one for North Shore School District-112. The Highland Park-based school board and the teacher’s union have been meeting with a federal mediator since July, to come up with a contract. On Friday,...
Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Strikes, Career and Workplace
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Education blame game leaves kids behind
The film's plot is predictable: One engaged parent and a dedicated teacher are the beloved heroes, while the teachers' union and an apathetic school board are rendered useless, and at times rogue. "Won't Back Down," in theaters starting Friday, tells...Tags: Entertainment, Chicago Public Schools, Arts and Culture, Environmental Issues, Won't Back Down (movie)
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Schoolchildren's stomachs rumble; drama queens grumble
As nominations poured in for the stupendous Moutza of the Month award for September, President Barack Obama was avoiding meeting with world leaders because he had something more important to do: hang out on daytime TV with the ladies of "The View." "I...
Tags: Entertainment, Barack Obama, Chicago Mayor, Government, National Football League
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra goes silent
KIAHThey came to hear classical music, but all they got was crickets! More than 2,000 classical music lovers were all dressed up and ready to hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, but arrived to find the musicians on strike! “I don't know really what...Tags: Entertainment, Classical Music (genre), Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Music
Oct 16, 2012
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Oct 9, 2012
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Oct 7, 2012
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Oct 5, 2012
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Oct 4, 2012
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Oct 2, 2012
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Sep 28, 2012
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Sep 29, 2012
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Sep 27, 2012
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Sep 28, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 24, 2012
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