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• Striking Chicago teachers get support from parents
• Ed secretary is neutral in Chicago teachers strike
• Florida probes online school company over teachers
• Why Obama wants Chicago teachers strike to go away – fast
• Chicago teachers strike rolls into 2nd day
• Chicago Teachers Enter Day 2 of Strike
• Teachers union president says strike will continue
• Day 2 Reaction to Chicago Teachers Strike
• Parents Should Support the Chicago Teachers Union
• Morality is Core Issue in Chicago Teachers' Strike
• Chicago mayor and union spar on second day of teachers strike
• Why Chicago teachers are striking: A guide
• Teachers' Strike, Lions, and Katie Couric
• Chicago kids, teachers brace for Day 2 of strike
• In Chicago strike, teachers draw a line on education reform
• Chicago pupils, teachers brace for Day 2 of strike
• Kids happy, parents not on Day One of Chicago teachers strike
• Chicago teachers strike will roll into 2nd day
• Chicago teachers strike: Is Rahm Emanuel's test a challenge for Obama?
• Chicago Public School Teachers Highlight Perennial Debate of Teacher Salaries

Striking Chicago teachers get support from parents Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:38 PM PDT As Chicago teachers walked the picket lines for a second day, they were joined by many of the very people who are most inconvenienced by their strike: the parents who must now scramble to find a place for children to pass the time or for babysitters.

Ed secretary is neutral in Chicago teachers strike Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:09 PM PDT Education Secretary Arne Duncan isn't taking sides in the Chicago teachers' strike that is keeping more than 350,000 students out of the classroom.

Florida probes online school company over teachers Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:02 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - The largest operator of online schools in the United States is being investigated by the Florida Department of Education over allegations the company may employ teachers who are not properly certified, a state official said on Tuesday. K12, a company founded by former U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett, is one of a dozen for-profit companies operating full-time, online public elementary and high schools across the country. ...

Why Obama wants Chicago teachers strike to go away – fast Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:46 PM PDT Everyone knows a teacher strike is bad for a mayor, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel surely never envisioned that his attempts to push through certain education reforms would lead to this.

Chicago teachers strike rolls into 2nd day Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:42 PM PDT Negotiators were back behind closed doors Tuesday on the second day of Chicago's teachers strike, but publicly the teachers union and school board couldn't even agree on whether they were close to a deal.

Chicago Teachers Enter Day 2 of Strike Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:40 PM PDT According to NBC Chicago, the Chicago teachers are continuing their strike for a second day in a row as negotiations press onward. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) officials are still in talks with union leaders, but the two parties have to reach an agreement on two major points, specifically teacher evaluations and job security for union members at public schools.

Teachers union president says strike will continue Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT The president of the Chicago Teachers Union says teachers and the school district are still far apart in their contract dispute and that the walkout will almost certainly extend into a third day on Wednesday.

Day 2 Reaction to Chicago Teachers Strike Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:12 PM PDT COMMENTARY | CHICAGO -- The Chicago teachers union turned its backs on the city's students when they went on strike Monday. It is not a big surprise they walked off the job and held up traffic on Clark Street during rush hour. We all know the CTU leadership values their pocketbooks more than their profession. Chicago is nationally known for its underachieving public schools, so hearing about a teachers strike drew little more than a shrug across the country. It's not like award-winning Harvard teachers walked out on their classrooms.

Parents Should Support the Chicago Teachers Union Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:57 PM PDT COMMENTARY | CHICAGO -- As the teachers strike heads into its second day, it appears that the two sides are no closer to reaching a deal that would send our kids back to school. The Tribune reports that job security is at the heart of the debate, with a possible 6,000 jobs at stake. Despite the effect the strike has had on parents so far, I support the teachers in their battle to save their jobs, and so should other Chicago parents.

Morality is Core Issue in Chicago Teachers' Strike Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:55 PM PDT FIRST PERSON | CHICAGO -- I'm not sure when the people who smile every morning as kids pile into their classrooms, who decorate for Halloween and coax reticent teenagers into deep discussions became the enemy. Suddenly, they are milking the taxpayer through the elaborate scheme of educating their children. They are "harming" children by striking for the express purpose of educating children.

Chicago mayor and union spar on second day of teachers strike Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:45 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and unionized teachers argued publicly on Tuesday over how to improve struggling inner-city schools as negotiations remained deadlocked on the second day of a strike that has closed the nation's third-largest school district. The two sides could not even agree on how far apart they were in the bitter negotiations over a new contract for some 29,000 teachers and support staff. Speaking at a school where children affected by the strike are being supervised and fed for half a day, Emanuel repeated that an agreement with the union was close. ...

Why Chicago teachers are striking: A guide Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:05 AM PDT A union battle in the Windy City has exploded onto the national stage, with implications for the future of organized labor and the presidential raceMore than 26,000 teachers in Chicago are on strike for a second day, following a breakdown of negotiations between the city's powerful teaching unions and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. ...

Teachers' Strike, Lions, and Katie Couric Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:50 AM PDT Now that The New York Times pay wall is live, you only get 10 free clicks a month. For those worried about hitting their limit, we're taking a look through the paper each morning to find the stories that can make your clicks count.

Chicago kids, teachers brace for Day 2 of strike Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:57 AM PDT 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 picket line.

In Chicago strike, teachers draw a line on education reform Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:50 AM PDT The image of 29,000 teachers and support staff striking, just a week into the school year, and nearly 400,000 students in the nation's third-largest district left without classes is not one that any mayor wants.

Chicago pupils, teachers brace for Day 2 of strike Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:08 AM PDT Rose Davis wasn't about to let her two young grandchildren walk alone through one of the city'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 picket line.

Kids happy, parents not on Day One of Chicago teachers strike Posted: 10 Sep 2012 08:05 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Makayla Hudson, a Chicago fourth grader, bubbled with enthusiasm on Monday over her half day at an alternative program to shelter children during the public school teachers strike. "It was good!" said Hudson, who presented her mother with a crayon picture of a school with a smiling sun, wearing eyeglasses, beaming down from a blue sky. But Makayla's mother, Latrice Hudson, worried about how long the strike that began Monday could drag on. ...

Chicago teachers strike will roll into 2nd day Posted: 10 Sep 2012 05:42 PM PDT The head of the Chicago School Board president says the teacher strike will enter a second day after negotiators failed to reach an agreement Monday.

Chicago teachers strike: Is Rahm Emanuel's test a challenge for Obama? Posted: 10 Sep 2012 04:49 PM PDT Some 400,000 Chicago public schoolchildren stayed home from school Monday, the result of a surprise teacher's strike that is seen as the first significant political test for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel that could also impact President Obama's reelection bid.

Chicago Public School Teachers Highlight Perennial Debate of Teacher Salaries Posted: 10 Sep 2012 10:55 AM PDT What Is Teaching Worth?

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