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Voice of the People, May. 22
Labeling schools In the controversy over school closings, we often hear the term "failing" as a reason for closing a school. The use of this term is both degrading and insulting to the students, teachers and parents of those schools. A school is a...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Weather, Natural Disasters
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Fewer than 5 CPS schools expected to be spared
Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down....
Tags: Willie Cochran, Separation of Church and State, Teaching and Learning, Justice System, Chicago Elections
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Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest
ReutersBy Renita D. Young CHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the...Tags: Chicago City Hall, Teachers, Chicago Teachers Union, Lobbying, Washington, DC
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Teachers elect Lewis to 2nd term as CTU head
Tribune reporterChicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has been leading the fight against the district’s plan to close schools, was reelected to a second three-year term...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Chicago Teachers Union, Teachers, Separation of Church and State, Strikes
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Chicago Teachers Union re-elects Karen Lewis
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial figure who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel by leading a seven-day strike last fall, was easily re-elected to a second three-year term Friday, according to unofficial results released by the...Tags: Merchandise Mart, Unions, Teachers, Strikes, Teaching and Learning
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3 days of marches against school closings planned
With just over a week before the Chicago Board of Education votes on a proposal to close 54 schools, the Chicago Teachers Union and other activist groups said Monday they would hold marches over three days to protest the plan. The marches will begin...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Activism, Chicago Teachers Union, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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Union sues Chicago, claims racism behind school closure plans
ReutersBy Greg McCune CHICAGO, May 15 (Reuters) - The Chicago Teachers Union sued the nation's third-largest school district on Wednesday, saying a plan to close 54 schools this year discriminates against African-American children and those with disabilities....Tags: Teachers, Racism, Trials, Separation of Church and State, Labor Disputes
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By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015
Change of SubjectFriday's print column A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the...... -
Voice of the People, May. 10
Union business This is in response to "My challenge to Karen Lewis" (Perspective, April 26), by Tanya Saunders-Wolffe, a counselor at Jesse Owens Community Academy on the Far South Side. Why is the Chicago Tribune newspaper a venue for proselytizing...Tags: Mother's Day, Englewood, Chicago Tribune, Teachers, Chicago Teachers Union
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One vote, many lives
The Chicago City Council will vote on many items Wednesday. None likely will be more important than the zoning change on tap for the property at 2245 W. Pershing Road. That is where Concept Schools, a top-quality charter operator, wants to open the...
Tags: Chicago Charter Schools, George A. Cardenas, Politics, Elections, Charter Schools
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Emanuel doubles down as year 2 ends
Surrounded by kids as he accepted money from a soft-drink company for nutrition and exercise classes, Rahm Emanuel was asked if it might make more sense for children's health to take a harder line on the sale of sugary drinks. "I'm here about making...
Tags: Unions, Economy, Business and Finance, Scott Waguespack, Separation of Church and State, Illinois Supreme Court
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Open thread: The Weeks in Review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup of......
May 22, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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May 18, 2013
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May 18, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 9, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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May 7, 2013
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May 5, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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