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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: Public Schools, Democratic Party, Strikes, Environmental Issues, Chicago Teachers Strike
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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: Democratic Party, Allergies, Ravenswood, Career and Workplace, Chicago Teachers Strike
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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: Strikes, Garry McCarthy, Chicago Teachers Strike, Teachers, Unions
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Chicago teachers strike; students and parents scramble
Chicago teachers and administrators started talking again Monday, hours after the educators' union called a strike and school officials said they had nothing left to give. Public school teachers launched their first strike in the city in 25 years...
Tags: Academic Progress, Strikes, Career and Workplace, Time (magazine), News Agency
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School bells ring at St. Scholastica's Senior Academy for the final year
Tribune reporterWhen St. Scholastica Academy closed its doors in June, there was at least one comforting prospect for the rising seniors. They could return to the legendary all-girls Catholic school on Chicago’s North Side and make their mark as the last group...Tags: Charter Schools, Education, Rogers Park, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Education summit held at Manual High School
Teachers and students came together for a special education summit Monday. Education leaders met at Manual High School for Transform 12. The goal was to get teachers pumped for the upcoming school year and to look at how far Indiana has already come...
Tags: Charter Schools, Education, Teachers, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Advocates press CPS to maintain funding for charter schools
Tribune reporterWith uncertainty still surrounding the next Chicago Public Schools budget because of contract talks with teachers, dozens of charter school advocates Monday packed an auditorium inside a LEARN charter school on the West Side to call on the district to...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Illinois Network of Charter Schools
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New UNO campus welcomes 570 Latino immigrant students
Tribune reporterNearly 150 years ago, St. Scholastica Academy opened its doors to educate German immigrants. This September, the school will once again be a place of learning for immigrant children when the United Neighborhood Organization moves in and welcomes an...Tags: Christianity, Charter Schools, Religion and Belief, Education, Rogers Park
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Malia Burns and Bill Kiolbasa: Matchmaker, matchmaker
It was just after Labor Day in 2008 when Malia Burns took a break from the commotion at the Seattle wedding reception of her dear high school friend, Rose Pierce. Alone in a small alcove away from the action, Malia was watching the Ohio State-USC game on...
Tags: Marriage, Family, College Sports, Weddings, Teach for America
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Leader for architecture and design firm employs holistic philosophy to foster clients' creativity, comfort
Special to the TribuneWalking into a new corporate space her team designed in River North for Whole Foods Market Inc., Nila Leiserowitz pointed out a long lunch table visible from the front entrance instead of hidden in a back room. The 36,000-square-foot space,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Labor Legislation, Whole Foods Market, O'Hare International Airport, Haiti
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Woodland D-50 urging other districts to back state-funded charters
TribLocal - Gurnee » NewsWoodland District 50 wants the Illinois legislature to change the process for funding state-approved charter schools, officials said. The school board on April 24 voted …... -
Charter school proposal gets the thumbs down from Joliet school board
TribLocal - Plainfield » NewsPlans to open a charter school to serve Joliet's middle and high school students has gotten a thumbs down by Joliet Elementary School District 86 …...
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