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• Agreement near in Chicago teachers strike, no school Friday
• Teachers strike carries risks for young athletes
• Obama Credits Education With Boosting 'Mixed Kid' and 'Little Black Girl' to White House
• Chicago schools to be closed at least 1 more day
• Chicago Teachers Strike Affects All
• Amid Chicago teachers strike, some parents mull private, charter schools
• Chicago Teachers’ Strike Could Have Political Fallout in November
• Wealthy base helps Emanuel take on Chicago teachers union
• Slovak teachers strike over low pay
• Slovak teachers demand higher pay in biggest walkout in a decade
• The firebrand leading Chicago's striking teachers

Agreement near in Chicago teachers strike, no school Friday Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:54 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Teachers Union and the nation's third-largest school district were close to a deal on Thursday to end a four-day strike over education reforms sought by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, but school will not be open on Friday. "We are optimistic, but we are still hammering things out. Schools will not open Friday," union president Karen Lewis said. Lewis, a former high school chemistry teacher, said the union House of Delegates will meet at 2 p.m. local time Friday (3 p.m. EDT) to provide an update on the talks. ...

Teachers strike carries risks for young athletes Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:42 PM PDT Deandre Welch understands how a teachers strike might cause him to miss a few high school football practices and even a scheduled game. But the senior wide receiver certainly didn't think the walkout would threaten his plans to pay for college.

Obama Credits Education With Boosting 'Mixed Kid' and 'Little Black Girl' to White House Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:18 PM PDT GOLDEN, Colo. -  President Obama today credited an affordable college education with helping a "mixed kid from Hawaii" and a "little black girl from the South Side of Chicago" make history in the White House. "Education was a gateway of opportunity for me," Obama told...

Chicago schools to be closed at least 1 more day Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:45 PM PDT The city's public schools will stay closed for at least one more day, but leaders of the teachers union and the school district kept talking Thursday, with both sides saying they hoped to complete a deal soon to end the nearly weeklong strike.

Chicago Teachers Strike Affects All Posted: 13 Sep 2012 02:40 PM PDT COMMENTARY | I do not have children in the Chicago Public School system, but that doesn't mean I, like thousands of other Chicagoans, don't care about the city's second teachers strike in 25 years. The teachers strike affects us all, from the teachers on the picket line to the students forced to stay home to the companies scrambling to make due without their parents.

Amid Chicago teachers strike, some parents mull private, charter schools Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:59 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - With a Chicago Public School teachers strike in its fourth day on Thursday, some parents are looking into possible alternatives including charter or private schools. "We're seeing some uptick in inquiries," said Sister Mary Paul McCaughey, superintendent of Catholic Schools at the Archdiocese of Chicago. UNO Charter School Network, which runs non-union, publicly-funded schools, has taken in 30 new students since the strike by 29,000 public school teachers was announced, according to CEO Juan Rangel of the United Neighborhood Organization, a Latino community group. ...

Chicago Teachers’ Strike Could Have Political Fallout in November Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:42 AM PDT The Chicago teachers' strike could have political implications this election season even if it ends soon.

Wealthy base helps Emanuel take on Chicago teachers union Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:34 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel received far more money in campaign donations from wealthy financiers and entrepreneurs backing school reform than from unions, leaving him freer to confront the city's teachers than some fellow Democrats, an examination of donations to his 2011 campaign shows. The city's 29,000 teachers have been on strike since Monday, halting classes in the country's third-largest school district, over contract negotiations that are snagged on job security and Emanuel's plan to rate teachers based on students' standardized test scores. ...

Slovak teachers strike over low pay Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:32 AM PDT Most schools and some universities have been closed after teachers across the country went on a one-day strike to demand higher pay.

Slovak teachers demand higher pay in biggest walkout in a decade Posted: 13 Sep 2012 07:27 AM PDT BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Thousands of Slovak teachers walked out on Thursday in their biggest strike in almost a decade to demand a 10 percent wage hike, posing a challenge to government efforts to cut spending this year and next. Officials from the Trade Union of Workers in Education and Science of Slovakia said between 80 and 90 percent of primary and high schools and 30 percent of universities shut their doors as a result of the strike, the largest since 2003. ...

The firebrand leading Chicago's striking teachers Posted: 13 Sep 2012 06:59 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Karen Lewis, the fiery, frumpy former teacher leading striking Chicago teachers, has carefully built support for her cause of challenging education orthodoxy through community organizing in poor neighborhoods of the inner city. Critics call her a throwback to the blustering, confrontational union bosses of the past. School district and union officials have said she was spoiling for a bare-knuckled fight in a town with a long history of union activism. ...

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