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• Chicago schools seek binding arbitration to avoid strike
• More than 1,000 Hungarian schools go quiet as teachers strike
• Hungarian teachers strike against government, demand reforms
• Hungarian teachers go on strike against govt, demand reforms
• 'Muzzles' mine rich vein of speech limits among US colleges
• Turkey abduction lands 2 California college students in jail

Chicago schools seek binding arbitration to avoid strike Posted: 20 Apr 2016 02:23 PM PDT The cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools called for binding arbitration on Wednesday to reach a contract and avoid a threatened strike by teachers. "We don't need binding arbitration because we can strike," Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis told the City Club of Chicago on Wednesday.

More than 1,000 Hungarian schools go quiet as teachers strike Posted: 20 Apr 2016 07:09 AM PDT Teachers have been protesting for months against moves by the right-wing government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban to strip schools of much of their autonomy and increase central planning and management. Talks between government and unions have been unsuccessful and nearly 25,000 of about 150,000 teachers in some 1,200 of Hungary's 5,000 schools walked out on Wednesday, according to data from the Teachers' Union and the Central Statistics Office.

Hungarian teachers strike against government, demand reforms Posted: 20 Apr 2016 06:05 AM PDT BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of teachers in Hungary held a one-day strike on Wednesday against Prime Minister Viktor Orban's centralization of the education system.

Hungarian teachers go on strike against govt, demand reforms Posted: 20 Apr 2016 03:10 AM PDT BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of teachers in Hungary are holding a one-day strike against Prime Minister Viktor Orban's centralization of the education system.

'Muzzles' mine rich vein of speech limits among US colleges Posted: 19 Apr 2016 09:41 PM PDT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The "Jefferson Muzzles," those dubious awards shaming the worst free-speech offenders, are taking aim at higher education this year — from tarring those at Yale who warned students against donning culturally insensitive Halloween costumes to feathering others for muzzling the press and more.

Turkey abduction lands 2 California college students in jail Posted: 19 Apr 2016 07:43 PM PDT ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Tim the Turkey's abduction did more than ruffle a few feathers.

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