Chicago Teachers’ Strike
Chicago Teachers Vote To Ratify Deal With CPS
The Chicago Teachers Union announced late Wednesday that teachers have voted to ratify a new contract with the Chicago Public Schools.
Chicago Teachers Set To Vote On Contract
As teachers in southwest suburban Evergreen Park begin a strike, teachers in the Chicago Public Schools are ready to vote on the new contract that ended their strike last month.
CPS Students To Lose Days Off To Make Up For Teachers’ Strike
Chicago Public Schools students who missed seven days of classes because of the teachers strike will be making up those days.
Chicago Public Schools’ Bond Rating Downgraded Again
One of the nation’s bond rating agencies is out with another warning about the Chicago Public Schools system’s financial future.
Emanuel’s TV Ads On Teachers’ Contract Make Bill Daley Change The Channel
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has received mixed reviews from two high-profile Chicago politicians for recent TV ads featuring the mayor commenting on the new contract for Chicago Public Schools teachers.
Bill Daley: With Teachers’ Strike Over, Better Focus On Education Is Needed
A stage full of politicians, teachers, public officials and nonprofit leaders says the big battle lies ahead, even though the Chicago teachers’ strike has been settled.
Mayor Set To Shift Focus To Police, Fire, Transit Union Contracts
With the two-week trauma of the Chicago teachers’ strike now behind him, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has turned his attention to other labor challenges ahead. Police officers, firefighters, and transit workers are all either in contract talks, or getting ready to start negotiations.
Teachers’ Strike Over, But Both Sides Still Working To Spin The Dispute
About 357,000 Chicago kids were back in their classrooms Wednesday. So were their teachers. But the shock waves from the nine-day teachers’ strike were still being felt, and not only in Chicago.
Back To Old Routine For 357,000 CPS Students
It was back to the old routine for 357,000 Chicago Public Schools students and their parents Wednesday morning, with the teachers’ strike that kept them out of school for seven days now over.
What Will New Teacher Contract Cost The City?
Now that the teachers’ contract is settled, the big question is how Chicago plans to pay for it.
Students Return To School With Teachers’ Strike Over
Chicago Public Schools students were back in class after seven missed days Wednesday, as the teachers’ strike has come to an end.
Walter’s Perspective: Rahm Can’t Provoke Cops And Firefighters Like He Did Teachers
If there ever were one, this is an “ouch” time in Chicago, being on pins and needles about the teachers and the mayor.
Chicago Parents Elated To See Teachers’ Strike Over
If you heard cheering around the city at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, it was probably the sound of hundreds of thousands of parents and their kids hailing the end of the teachers’ strike.
Teachers Union Ends Strike, Classes To Resume Tomorrow
Chicago Public School students will be back in class tomorrow, after the Chicago Teachers Union voted to end its strike this afternoon.
Minister ‘Crucifies’ Granddaughter Over Teachers’ Strike
A Southeast Side minister went to dramatic lengths today to show his frustration with the Chicago teachers’strike.
Union Delegates Meet To Decide Whether To End Teachers’ Strike
Parents and students in the Chicago Public Schools system are in the midst of another anxious day of waiting Tuesday, as the strike continues into its seventh school day — and its ninth overall.
Some Parents Sending Kids To Charter Schools Due To Teachers’ Strike
Public school parents frustrated by the length of the Chicago teachers’ strike are looking for other educational options, and the city’s charter schools have reported a record number of calls.
Alternate Sites For Kids Still Open As Teachers’ Strike Continues
As the Chicago teachers’ strike entered its sixth school day, the hundreds of school buildings, libraries, non-profits and other sites providing alternate activities for students were open again to provide children a safe haven while school is out.
What’s In The Tentative Agreement For Chicago Teachers
The Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union both have provided their own separate summaries of the tentative contract agreement being weighed by union delegates.
Vitale: ‘Unconscionable’ To Continue Teachers’ Strike After Tentative Deal
Chicago Board of Education President David Vitale said Monday morning it’s “unconscionable” that Chicago Public Schools students are being kept out of class for a 6th day, due to the teachers’ strike, despite a tentative agreement between negotiators for CPS and the Chicago Teachers Union.
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