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The Crosby Chronicles: What counts as student achievement?
Getting lost during the national attention on the recent Chicago Teachers strike was that administrators in the Los Angeles Unified School District agreed to have student achievement be part of their job evaluation, an unprecedented arrangement. What...Tags: Strikes, Teachers, Students, Human Interest, Career and Workplace
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Rejecting test scores as a core value
It wasn't about money. It was about respect. That's what Chicago teachers union president Karen Lewis kept reminding the public during the seven-day teachers strike that had parents scrambling and kept 350,000 children out of class. But there was way...
Tags: Teachers, Strikes, Health Insurance Cost, Students, Academic Progress
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It's the teachers in a squeaker
Which side won in the Chicago Teachers Union strike? I've heard and been asked the question many times since the union suspended its seven-day walkout and its members returned to the classroom Wednesday. The easy, vague answer is that both sides won. The...
Tags: Teachers, Republican Party, Politics, Mitt Romney, Chicago White Sox
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Striking a blow for choice
On Monday, Sept. 10, the first day the Chicago Teachers Union was out on strike, 350,000 public school students — and their parents — were left high and dry. But for 52,000 other youngsters enrolled in public schools, it was just another day...
Tags: Teachers, Students, Colleges and Universities, Academic Progress, Career and Workplace
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Apodaca: Trying to find the balance between academic learning and building character
Trends in education come and go, and sometimes come back again. Straight from the everything-old-becomes-new-again department comes a theme that's generating attention at the moment. It's a bit squiggly to grasp — think: eating Jell-O with a fork...Tags: Teachers, Students, Standardized Testing, Human Interest, Examinations
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Lloyd Waters: Teachers play hooky, students deserve better
I remember one time when I was in sixth grade at the old Dargan School, I had a major role in a school program. I decided to play hooky on that day because I had not remembered my lines, so I told my grandmother I was sick. She told me to stay in bed....Tags: Strikes, Teachers, Students, Academic Progress, Career and Workplace
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Many Chicago Democrats untapped by pro-Obama super PAC
So far, almost all of Chicago's top Democratic donors have abstained from giving to Priorities USA Action, the leading super PAC supporting President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. According to records released late Thursday, only a half-dozen or...
Tags: Karl Rove, Human Interest, Chicago Elections, Politics, Charity
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CSO strike also has national overtone
No sooner had a weeklong strike by Chicago public school teachers been settled than a walkout by musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra over the weekend again focused national attention on labor matters in the city. The strike resulted in the...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Politics, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Business
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Tags: Teachers, Students, Politics, Career and Workplace, Chicago Public Schools
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It's back to school again for Chicago students
Tribune reportersIt was back to school -- again -- for hundreds of thousands of Chicago Public Schools students this morning, including Carter and McClaran Shirley who were excited to get back with their friends. Carter, a sixth grader at Abraham Lincoln Elementary...Tags: Separation Anxiety, Abraham Lincoln, Back to School, Academic Progress, Separation of Church and State
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Strike lessons learned
What are the lessons learned from the Chicago Teachers Union strike and its battle with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and what does the future look like going forward? "This didn't have anything to do with the children; this was an adult fight," said the...
Tags: Republican Party, Teachers, Government, Politics, Rahm Emanuel
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Chicago teachers strike: It's about kids, not unions
The union representing Chicago's 26,000 teachers and support staff says its members are prepared to stay on strike as long as it takes to get an acceptable contract. That's put Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a tough position as he tries to push reforms...Tags: Teachers, Students, Academic Progress, Career and Workplace, Rahm Emanuel
Sep 25, 2012
|Story| Glendale News Press
Sep 21, 2012
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Sep 23, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 23, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 22, 2012
|Story| Daily Pilot
Sep 23, 2012
|Story| Herald Mail
Sep 23, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 23, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 19, 2012
|Story| CNN
Sep 19, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Sep 19, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 11, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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