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Open thread on the 'strike of choice'
Change of SubjectChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel scolds the teachers' union that theirs is a "strike of choice," as opposed to... CTU president Karen Lewis stresses benefits, job security and problems with proposed teacher-evaluation system. Teacher David Steiber writes in... -
School closing protesters march along Michigan Ave.
Tribune reporterSeveral hundred protesters marched along Michigan Avenue Monday morning to voice opposition to the school closings plan being put together by Chicago Public Schools. Organized by the Chicago Teachers Union and Stand Up Chicago, a coalition of labor...Tags: Chicago Hotels, Hyatt Hotels Corp., Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Michigan Avenue
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Groups protest downtown against CPS closings
The Chicago Teachers Union, parents and community groups are using the Veteran's Day holiday to march against the school board over proposed school closings. Currently, there is not an official list of specific schools being targetted, but the number...
Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Charter Schools
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CPS wants more time to compile school closing list
Tribune reporterChicago Public Schools officials plan to ask the state legislature for more time before submitting a required list of school closings. The deadline is Dec. 1 but the district wants to extend it until March 31 while a commission conducts an "extensive...Tags: Conservation, Chicago City Hall, Chicago Public Schools, Karen Lewis, Environmental Issues
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CPS announces guidelines for possible school closures
She's only been on the job 11 days and Chicago Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett is already staring down one of her most unpopular duties. She has a month from today to announce a list of schools that will close before next school year. Byrd-Bennett says...
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CTU sues to stop pension reform
WGN NewsWith its first strike in a quarter century past them, the Chicago Teachers Union is taking part in a new fight. It’s suing to stop pension reform in Springfield. The many pension investigations produced by WGN and the Chicago Tribune led...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Interior Policy, Politics
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Crushing debt is our children's biggest threat
One issue overshadows every other in this election: the crushing government debt that we are leaving our children. Just as World War II defined the Greatest Generation and the '60s defined the baby boomer generation, our generation will become known as...
Tags: Barack Obama, Government Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Chicago Elections
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New teacher union contract approved
WGN NewsThe Chicago Board of Education approved the new three-year Chicago Teachers Union contract Tuesday The action came at the board's first meeting with its new CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett. She replaced Jean Claude Brizzard three weeks after the teachers...Tags: Collective Contract, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Career and Workplace, Chicago Teachers Strike
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New Chicago schools chief ready to meet big challenges
WGN NewsA mayor with big expectations, plus a school system with a big deficit, equals a big challenge for new Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett. The former teacher and long time administrator says she can solve the many complex problems CPS is...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Teaching and Learning, Education, Teachers
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Emanuel names new CPS CEO after Brizard's exit
After spending a year-and-a-half in office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's choice for CPS CEO is out. Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard resigned yesterday. Jean-Claude Brizard was allowed to resign, in what he and the mayor's office called a mutual...
Tags: New York City, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Karen Lewis
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Departing Brizard to get full year's salary
Clout StreetDeparting Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard will get a full year's salary as part of his severance package, district officials said today. The school board gave Brizard a two-year contract at $250,000 a year when it hired him in April 2011....Tags: Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Karen Lewis, Jean-Claude Brizard
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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: New York City, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Chicago Public Schools, Career and Workplace
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Oct 24, 2012
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Oct 12, 2012
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