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• Chicago teachers union president is brash advocate
• Chicago Teachers Strike Down to Two Key Points
• Chicago teachers strike: Illegal under Illinois law?
• Both sides "dug in" as Chicago teachers strike drags on
• Chicago teachers' strike grinds into third day
• Boston teachers, city, reach tentative labor deal
• Conquer the College Hunt
• The Real Source of Middle-Class Money Woes
• 10 Colleges Where Students Graduate With the Most Debt
• Teachers Union President, Humboldt State, and Buttermilk
• New players, new approaches to ranking colleges
• “A” Is for Agitation: Radical Chicago Teachers on Parade
• The Shocking Amount America’s Teachers Spend on School Supplies (Infographic)
• Parents support Chicago teachers but for how long?

Chicago teachers union president is brash advocate Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:26 PM PDT She's brash and blunt, a union leader known for her tart tongue and flip one-liners often aimed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a bitter contract dispute regarded as a referendum on the future of Chicago schools.

Chicago Teachers Strike Down to Two Key Points Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:57 PM PDT COMMENTARY | As the stand off between Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) enters its third day, contract negotiations focus on two key points: recalling teachers, who lose their jobs due to circumstances beyond their control, and doing away with teacher performance evaluations.

Chicago teachers strike: Illegal under Illinois law? Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:28 PM PDT With the Chicago teacher's strike entering its third day, both sides appear determined to settle matters behind closed doors and not in a courtroom, even though the city has authority to take the fight there – though at significant political risk, legal experts say.

Both sides "dug in" as Chicago teachers strike drags on Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:09 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago teachers stayed away from public schools for a third day on Wednesday in a strike over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for tough teacher evaluations that U.S. education reform advocates see as crucial to fixing urban schools. With more than 350,000 children from kindergarten to high school out of school, the patience of parents and labor negotiators began to fray as hopes of a quick resolution to the biggest U.S. labor strike in a year were dashed. One of Emanuel's negotiators, Barbara Byrd Bennett, said the two sides had not even met by early afternoon on Wednesday. ...

Chicago teachers' strike grinds into third day Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:59 AM PDT The public teachers' strike that has halted classwork and upset family routines across Chicago ground into a third day Wednesday with some movement reported by union and school board negotiators but no sign of an imminent deal.

Boston teachers, city, reach tentative labor deal Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:59 AM PDT The Boston Teachers Union and the city have reached a tentative contract agreement after more than two years of negotiations.

Conquer the College Hunt Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:26 AM PDT Take a deep breath and try to relax. This won't be as bad as you think. That goes for parents as well as students. Finding the college that's best for you is an education in itself. It's a journey--physical, intellectual, and emotional--that will help you learn about yourself and your family, as well as that scary but necessary American subculture we call higher education.

The Real Source of Middle-Class Money Woes Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:38 AM PDT There are many reasons middle-class Americans feel squeezed right now: The high unemployment rate (8.1 percent), rising cost of college tuition, or the fact that close to one-third of homeowners are underwater. But it's a combination of three other factors that led the Pew Research Center to label the 2000s a "lost decade" for the middle-class: declining household income, shrinking net worth, and a smaller middle class.

10 Colleges Where Students Graduate With the Most Debt Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:11 AM PDT The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: College and The Short List: Grad School to find data that matters to you in your college or grad school search.

Teachers Union President, Humboldt State, and Buttermilk Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:24 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.

New players, new approaches to ranking colleges Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:06 AM PDT out Wednesday — looks pretty much the same as a decade ago, with very few exceptions.

“A” Is for Agitation: Radical Chicago Teachers on Parade Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis walks, talks and barks like a rootsy Occupy Wall Street activist. But this Big Labor loudmouth who's leading the abandonment of nearly 400,000 schoolchildren in the Windy City is just another power-grabbing union fat cat.

The Shocking Amount America’s Teachers Spend on School Supplies (Infographic) Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT function toggle() {var ele = document.getElementById("toggleText");if(ele.style.display == "block") { ele.style.display = "none"; }else {ele.style.display = "block";}} Embed This Infographic on Your SiteVia: TakePart.comTake Action: Support These Classrooms in Need with The TakePart Back-to-School Challengefunction youtubefix() { var again = 0; if (jQuery('.MagicZoomPlus').length != 0) { jQuery('.MagicZoomPlus').click(function () { jQuery('#youtube_block').hide(); }); again++; } if (jQuery('.MagicThumb-expanded').length != 0) { jQuery('.MagicThumb-expanded'). ...

Parents support Chicago teachers but for how long? Posted: 11 Sep 2012 08:36 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 baby sitters.

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