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Chicago teachers to again consider ending strike
Emanuel's court bid to end strike stalls, teachers call it "vindictive"
The Truth Behind ‘Won't Back Down,’ a So-Called Anti-Teachers Union Film
Chicago teachers strike: Why Rahm Emanuel's court gambit may backfire
Louisiana State University evacuated in bomb scare
Chicago mayor: Court must end teachers' strike
Education grants total $17M for Miss. schools
Chicago mayor seeks court order to end teachers' strike as second week begins
Obama keeps distance from Chicago teachers’ strike
Chicago teachers strike enters 2nd week
Analysis: Chicago mayor court move raises stakes in teachers strike
Readers Write: Test scores can't measure teachers; Poor civics education threatens US democracy
Weighing offer, Chicago teachers remain on strike
Chicago to seek order to end teachers' strike
Chicago Teachers Union Won't Vote on Contract Deal; Strike Continues

Chicago teachers to again consider ending strike

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 03:57 PM PDT

An angry Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appeal to the courts to end a six-day teachers strike in the nation's third largest city set off a new round of recriminations Monday, but did little to end a walkout that has left parents scrambling and kept 350,000 students out of class.

Emanuel's court bid to end strike stalls, teachers call it "vindictive"

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 03:55 PM PDT

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago judge said he will not act until at least Wednesday on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's request to block a teacher's strike and the union accused the mayor of a "vindictive act" as the walkout moved into a second week. Emanuel's lawyers went to court on Monday seeking an injunction to have the strike declared illegal under state law. Circuit Court Judge Peter Flynn set a hearing on the request for Wednesday morning, according to Chicago Public Schools. ...

The Truth Behind ‘Won't Back Down,’ a So-Called Anti-Teachers Union Film

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 03:27 PM PDT

In the new Maggie Gyllenhaal/Viola Davis film Won't Back Down, two mothers, one a teacher, weave through the maze of education bureaucracy to take over a failing inner-city school in Pittsburgh, Penn.

Chicago teachers strike: Why Rahm Emanuel's court gambit may backfire

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 02:29 PM PDT

By turning to the courts to try to end the Chicago teachers strike, now in its second week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is taking a calculated risk that the public will be on his side and that the move won't actually slow the resolution of the city's battle with the union.

Louisiana State University evacuated in bomb scare

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 02:27 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A bomb scare prompted authorities to evacuate Louisiana State University and place four nearby public schools under lockdown on Monday while police with sniffer dogs investigated. A caller telephoned the threat to the East Baton Rouge Parish emergency center at 10:32 a.m. (1532 GMT) and the center relayed the information to campus police, said University spokesman Ernie Ballard. University Chancellor William Jenkins made the decision to evacuate the campus, and LSU alerted students, faculty and staff via text message at about 11:30 a.m. (1630 GMT), Ballard said. ...

Chicago mayor: Court must end teachers' strike

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 02:21 PM PDT

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appeal to the courts to end a six-day Chicago teachers strike set off a new round of recriminations Monday but did not appear to be leading to a quick resolution of the walkout that has left parents hunting for options for 350,000 students.

Education grants total $17M for Miss. schools

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $17 million in grants to some Mississippi schools.

Chicago mayor seeks court order to end teachers' strike as second week begins

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 08:40 AM PDT

CHICAGO - Chicago's mayor turned to the courts Monday to try to end a teachers' strike in the nation's third-largest school district that entered its second week.

Obama keeps distance from Chicago teachers’ strike

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 08:20 AM PDT

The Chicago teachers' strike, which entered its second week Monday, puts Mayor Rahm Emanuel's education reform priorities squarely at odds with a base that is critical to the re-election of his former boss, President Barack Obama.

Chicago teachers strike enters 2nd week

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 07:11 AM PDT

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is turning to the courts to try to put an end to a teachers strike that's entering its second week and has left parents scrambling to make alternative child care arrangements for at least two more days.

Analysis: Chicago mayor court move raises stakes in teachers strike

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:03 PM PDT

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel raised the political stakes on Sunday in a fight with unionized teachers by requesting a court injunction to end a weeklong strike affecting 350,000 public school students, analysts said. "One of the problems for Emanuel is he is alienating all the unions, not just the teachers, but the police, the firefighters," said University of Illinois political science professor Dick Simpson. "That may hurt long-term." The confrontation between the union and Emanuel, a former top aide to President Barack Obama, has boosted the weakened U.S. ...

Readers Write: Test scores can't measure teachers; Poor civics education threatens US democracy

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:00 PM PDT

The July 30 commentary from Scott Warren, Iris Chen, and Eric Schwarz – "US democracy at risk unless students learn civics" – should be required reading by every state legislator.

Weighing offer, Chicago teachers remain on strike

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 07:06 PM PDT

Chicago teachers uncomfortable with a tentative contract offer decided Sunday to remain on strike, insisting they need more time before deciding whether to end an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that will keep 350,000 students out of class for at least two more days.

Chicago to seek order to end teachers' strike

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 05:21 PM PDT

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he will seek a court order to end a teachers strike set to enter its second week.