2016年2月1日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Chicago teachers union rejects 'serious offer' from district

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 04:52 PM PST

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Teachers Union announced Monday it has rejected a four-year contract proposal, saying the offer does not address school conditions, a lack of services for some students or the fiscal crisis the nation's third-largest district faces.

Chicago teachers' bargaining team rejects contract offer

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 03:25 PM PST

A bargaining team for the Chicago teachers' union on Monday unanimously rejected a contract offer from the financially troubled city, raising the possibility of a strike and possibly causing a new embarrassment for embattled Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The rejection means the union and Chicago Board of Education will enter a final stage of talks to avert a possible strike, which could come as early as May 23. Chicago Public Schools officials had been hoping to relay positive developments on its teachers' contract to potential buyers of its $875 million of bonds expected to sell this week.

13 college students on school picnic drown in western India

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 07:39 AM PST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police say 13 college students on a school picnic have drowned while swimming in the sea in western India.

2016 candidates seek to boost turnout in Iowa caucuses

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 12:19 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, bottom right, signs his autograph for supporters as he is joined by wife, Melania, at a rally Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Emily Isaac used her college graduation gift money to fly from California to Iowa to help Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders win the Iowa caucuses and, ultimately, go on to grab the Democratic nominee for president.


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