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Strike pits new Democrats against old friends
"If you can't make it here," many Chicagoans have told me over the years, "you can't make it anywhere." That's why educators, politicians and labor organizers across the nation are keeping a close eye on the city's teachers strike. For public workers'...
Tags: University of Chicago, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Teachers Strike, Elections
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Possible CPS strike puts college at risk for some
Growing up on a foreboding South Side block near Brainerd Park, Brooks College Prep senior running back Cleveland Clark considers every day a gift. Not to mention a challenge. "I know what type of neighborhood I live in so I do my best not to even be...
Tags: College Football, Football, Chicago Teachers Strike, Swimming, Teachers
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Poll: Teachers' union support still outpaces support for the administration.
Change of SubjectFrom the Sun-Times: In the live survey (of 500 registered Chicago voters) done by McKeon & Associates, a Joliet-based opinion polling company, 47 percent support the strike, 39 percent oppose it and 14 percent didn’t know. The poll has a...... -
Show of hands, please, on support for open teacher talks
Change of SubjectWPTV-TV West Palm Beach screen grab, 9/18/12 The periodic eruption of twinkles from the capacity crowd in the Fort Pierce (Fla.) Central High School auditorium Tuesday night seemed to lend support to the argument of my critics: Allowing the public...... -
It’s the teachers in a squeaker
Change of SubjectFrom Sunday's print column 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...... -
How about spending this TV ad money on schools instead of spin?
Change of SubjectHe plays politics like the Hanson Brothers played hockey... Rich Miller on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel The context here is the anti-union group Education Reform Now's reported $1 million TV ad buy in which Emanuel is seen doing a bit...... -
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: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Michigan Avenue, Hyatt Hotels Corp., Chicago Hotels
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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: Charter Schools, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Illinois General Assembly
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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: Chicago City Hall, Chicago Public Schools, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Karen Lewis
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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: Government Debt, National Government, Richard M. Daley, Politics, Elections
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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, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Jean-Claude Brizard, Karen Lewis
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