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• Parents plan for kids if Chicago teachers strike
• Factbox: Chicago teachers dispute is over school reform, money
• AP Exclusive: Private school vaccine opt-outs rise
• Talks to avert Chicago teachers' strike to resume
• Does a changing economy mean the "End of Men"?
• Chicago teachers, school officials resuming talks to avert strike

Parents plan for kids if Chicago teachers strike Posted: 09 Sep 2012 03:57 PM PDT With Chicago teachers poised to go on strike for the first time in a quarter century, parents spent Sunday worrying about how much their children's education might suffer and where their kids will go while they're at work.

Factbox: Chicago teachers dispute is over school reform, money Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:26 PM PDT (Reuters) - Chicago public school teachers are threatening to strike on Monday for the first time since 1987 in a clash with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that has national implications because many states and cities are grappling with similar tight budgets and underperforming schools. Here are some of the key issues, and the stakes, in the Chicago dispute. NATIONAL SCOPE: A walkout by Chicago teachers would be the largest private- or public-sector strike in the United States in a year. ...

AP Exclusive: Private school vaccine opt-outs rise Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:22 AM PDT Parents who send their children to private schools in California are much more likely to opt out of immunizations than their public school counterparts, an Associated Press analysis has found, and not even the recent re-emergence of whooping cough has halted the downward trajectory of vaccinations among these students.

Talks to avert Chicago teachers' strike to resume Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:58 AM PDT Negotiators for Chicago's teachers union and school board plan to resume tense contract talks at 11 a.m. Sunday after reporting some progress on Saturday.

Does a changing economy mean the "End of Men"? Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:34 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - For all the bluster of her book's title, "The End of Men: And the Rise of Women," Hanna Rosin is surprisingly ambivalent about whether men are, in fact, doomed. Women are quicker to adapt to the economy's new demands, Rosin says, pursuing higher education in record numbers and dominating fast-growing professions such as nursing and accounting. At the same time, men watch the shrinking of manufacturing, construction and other traditionally male industries as if paralyzed, on the couch with a beer in hand. ...

Chicago teachers, school officials resuming talks to avert strike Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:06 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and the nation's third-largest school district were going down to the wire on Sunday, as teachers threaten to strike on Monday over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for sweeping school reforms. Both sides expressed varying degrees of optimism on Saturday night about chances for a resolution, although school district officials sounded more hopeful than union leaders. School board President David Vitale said he thought the district's latest proposal was "very close" to what was needed for a deal. Talks resume on Sunday morning. ...

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