Chicago Strike Outcome a Possible Boon to Teacher Evaluation Reform
Students' test scores will remain part of success measurements
Students' test scores will remain part of success measurements
Preserves longer school day and school year while giving up more money
Says she is "delighted" with being the inspiration for group that has kids going without school for over a week
Resident Anthony Williams says Jackson was an absent Congressman even before going on health leave in June
Oh yeah, and the city is asking a court Wednesday to order the teachers back to work
City is spending money it doesn't have
The city asked a judge to end the strike, arguing it was a "clear and present danger to public health and safety"
Claims action taken by the teachers is illegal
Law only allows strikes over pay and benefits, but there's a lot more to this fight
Teachers strike continues on 9/11
March downtown as parents struggle to make do
Says teacher union strike is "unnecessary and wrong"
Charter schools remind parents to send their kids to school as their schools aren't affected by the teacher's strike
Rejected a 16 percent pay raise, a longer school day and a more robust teacher evaluation system
The union last week gave a ten-day notice required if it wishes to strike
Plan would have allowed five more casinos, one in Chicago.
Can the people strike against a public sector union for once?
Politics pays, as usual
Part 12,394 of an infinite-part series on public employee cost crises across the country.
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., 47, began a medical leave for "exhaustion" June 10.
Attorney says he'll move to halfway house in Chicago.
Politics, like crime, pays
Director accused of spending more than $350,000 in contributions on himself.
Chicago mayor gets some blowback from his pandering
The Windy City's treatment of mobile food vendors is a case study in how to stifle entrepreneurship and innovation in the name of protecting powerful, entrenched interests.
Banning a business because of the owner's beliefs is a terrible abuse of political power.