Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Chicago teachers strike

  • 'Lunacy' to think teachers strike will be settled today

    Addressing a large rally in the Loop, the head of the Chicago Teachers Union dashed hopes of settling the strike today and returning more than 350,000 children to the classroom.

    www.chicagotribune.com

  • Chicago teachers strike continues

    Sep. 11, 2012 - Representatives from the Chicago Teachers Union and the district returned to the bargaining table today as the teachers strike entered its second day. More than 25,000 teachers are on strike for the first time in a quarter century ...

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Chicago teachers strike: In '31, school board just stopped paying teachers

    a-strike.jpg If the Chicago teachers strike, now in its second day, seems contentious, perhaps it's worth looking back to the summer of 1931.

    blogs.suntimes.com

  • Chicago teachers strike: Vacations for students, for good or ill

    0. CHICAGO. Makayla Hudson, a Chicago fourth grader, bubbled with enthusiasm Monday over her half day at an alternative program to shelter children during the public school teachers strike. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories ...

    www.csmonitor.com

  • Chicago Teacher's Strike: Where Rahm Emanuel and Unions Can Find ...

    Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the teacher's unions should look at why unions have pushed so hard for primary care's revival (short version: it has the greatest ROI of any healthcare policy).

    www.forbes.com

  • Chicago teacher strike poses test for unions

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The massive teacher strike in Chicago offers a high-profile test for the nation's teacher unions, which have seen their political influence threatened as a growing reform movement seeks to expand charter schools, get private ...

    www.google.com

  • Strike Hits Latino Families Hard

    Chicago - Patricia Rodríguez sat in a Burger King Monday afternoon having lunch with her daughters, who were not in school because of a teacher strike at Chicago's public schools. After the Chicago Teachers Union and Board of Education failed to reach ...

    latino.foxnews.com

  • Chicago teachers strike affects 350000 students

    As Chicago teachers enter day two of their massive strike, parents and students are struggling with unexpected days off.

    usnews.nbcnews.com

  • Chicago teachers strike quickly becomes part of presidential campaign

    CHICAGO - Rose Davis wasn't about to let her two young grandchildren walk alone through one of Chicago's most violent neighborhoods, even though they were going to a school kept open for students who needed a safe haven while teachers walked the ...

    www.politico.com

  • Chicago Teachers Strike 'Wrong... For Our Children,' Mayor Says

    As more than 29,000 Chicago teachers walked on picket lines today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said it was "wrong... for our children" and urged negotiators to "stay at the table.

    abcnews.go.com

  • Chicago teachers strike to extend to second day after sides fail again to ...

    For the first time in a quarter century, Chicago teachers walked out of the classroom Monday, taking a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and job security to the streets of the nation's third-largest city -- and to a national audience -- less ...

    www.foxnews.com

  • Patience tested on second day of Chicago teachers strike

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Parents and thousands of Chicago children faced a second day of closed public schools on Tuesday as striking teachers and the nation's third-largest school district argued over education reforms sought by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

    www.reuters.com

  • In Standoff, Latest Sign of Unions Under Siege

    Published: September 10, 2012. The high-stakes strike by 26,000 public school teachers in Chicago is only the latest episode in which the nation's teachers' unions have been thrown on the defensive in the face of demands for far-reaching changes.

    www.nytimes.com

  • Chicago Teachers Strike: Kids, Teachers Brace For Second Day Of Walkout ...

    Striking Chicago Public School teacher Lanessa Mendoza pickets with fellow teachers from Peck Elementary School as Mayor Rahm Emanuel was visiting with students taking part at the Safe Haven program at Maranatha Church in Chicago, Monday, Sept.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Chicago teachers strike echoes national debate on accountability

    The Chicago strike illustrates the Obama administration's complicated and sometimes fraught relationship with teachers unions nationally. The administration has directed money to state governments to try to avoid teacher layoffs. At the same time ...

    www.latimes.com

  • Chicago Teachers Strike Far From Over?

    The Chicago teachers strike that has left 350,000 children out of school will continue for a while, it seems. The Houston Chronicle and others report that the key sticking points revolve around teacher evaluation and selection.

    news.gather.com

  • Chicago teachers' strike forcing local companies to adapt

    As the Chicago teachers's strike entered its second day, workplace flexibility was helping many Chicago employers and employees alike cope with a difficult situation.

    www.bizjournals.com

  • Republicans accuse Obama of giving Chicago teachers strike green light

    Mitt Romney and his surrogates are accusing President Obama of quietly giving Chicago teachers the green-light to strike, as the historic standoff affecting nearly 400,000 students enters its second day. The White House is not taking sides in the ...

    www.foxnews.com

  • RPT-Teacher strike in Chicago hometown may be headache for Obama

    Obama campaign needs unions to help drive voter turnout. * Strike hampers Chicago mayor's ability to fundraise for Obama. * Romney criticizes teachers for striking.

    in.reuters.com

  • Chicago teachers strike gets national attention as it goes into its second day

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel will tell anyone who will listen that "This is, in my view, a strike of choice, and it's the wrong choice for our children," he said a number of times.

    www.examiner.com

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