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2 teachers union lobbyists teach for a day to qualify for hefty pensions
Two lobbyists with no prior teaching experience were allowed to count their years as union employees toward a state teacher pension once they served a single day of subbing in 2007, a Tribune/WGN-TV investigation has found.
Steven Preckwinkle, the...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Science, Lobbying, Tom Cross, University of Illinois Springfield
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L.A. school board election: Garcia, Zimmer maintain early leads
L.A. NOWAs early election results in the Los Angeles school board election continued to trickle in late Tuesday, two-term incumbent Monica Garcia bolstered her strong lead in District 2, one-term incumbent Steve Zimmer continued to maintain his hold on District 4... -
L.A. school board election: Zimmer maintains slim lead
L.A. NOWAs election results in the Los Angeles school board election continued to be tabulated early Wednesday, two-term incumbent Monica Garcia upheld a strong hold in District 2, one-term incumbent Steve Zimmer maintained his slim lead on District 4 and Antonio... -
School board election: Split decision for Deasy; 3rd race to runoff
L.A. NOWIn a school board election that attracted national money and attention, candidates backing both Supt. John Deasy and the teachers union won election Tuesday night.... -
Late donations bolster pro-Deasy school board candidates
L.A. NOWTwo eleventh hour donations have added financial muscle to a campaign seeking to bolster Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy through the results of Tuesday’s Board of Education elections. The Sacramento-based California Charter Schools Assn. has... -
Teachers strikes roiled schools for decades
Chicago Tribune reporterChicago has experienced such a remarkable streak of strike-free school years, it is easy to forget how rancorous teacher-school board relations once were in the city. The last time Chicago teachers walked out was 25 years ago. Yet before that 1987...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Labor Day, PTA, Casimir Pulaski, Career and Workplace
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When layoffs come to L.A. schools, performance doesn't count
![John H. Liechty Middle School opened in 2007 in Los Angeles' impoverished Westlake neighborhood with a seasoned principal, dozens of energetic young teachers and a mission to "reinvent education" in the nation's second-largest school district.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-12/58081414-05151735.jpg "John H. Liechty Middle School opened in 2007 in Los Angeles' impoverished Westlake neighborhood with a seasoned principal, dozens of energetic young teachers and a mission to "reinvent education\" in the nation's second-largest school district.")
John H. Liechty Middle School opened in 2007 in Los Angeles' impoverished Westlake neighborhood with a seasoned principal, dozens of energetic young teachers and a mission to "reinvent education" in the nation's second-largest school district.
The...Tags: Rhode Island, Unemployment, Government Debt, California, Lawyers
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Group battling L.A. teachers union raises $1.5 million for March election
L.A. NOWAn outside group seeking to counter teacher-union influence in the March election for the Los Angeles Board of Education has raised more than $1.5 million, mostly from a small group of wealthy donors who helped fund past campaigns.... -
Largest Ind. teachers union works to regain clout
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's largest teachers union is working to rebuild after the 2009 collapse of its insurance trust and is hoping the election of teacher Glenda Ritz as the state's top school official will help. The Indiana State Teachers...
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Brenda J. Clayburn, City Union of Baltimore president, dies
Brenda J. Clayburn, a founder and later president of the City Union of Baltimore who was also a longtime city Police Department supervisor, died Sunday of undetermined causes at her Northwest Baltimore home. She was 63. "She had recently been sick, and...
Tags: NAACP, Bon Secours, Work Relations, Public Employees, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Show of hands, please, on support for open teacher talks
Change of SubjectWPTV-TV West Palm Beach screen grab, 9/18/12 The periodic eruption of twinkles from the capacity crowd in the Fort Pierce (Fla.) Central High School auditorium Tuesday night seemed to lend support to the argument of my critics: Allowing the public...... -
Poll: Teachers' union support still outpaces support for the administration.
Change of SubjectFrom the Sun-Times: In the live survey (of 500 registered Chicago voters) done by McKeon & Associates, a Joliet-based opinion polling company, 47 percent support the strike, 39 percent oppose it and 14 percent didn’t know. The poll has a......
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