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School closing protesters march along Michigan Ave.
Tribune reporterSeveral hundred protesters marched along Michigan Avenue Monday morning to voice opposition to the school closings plan being put together by Chicago Public Schools. Organized by the Chicago Teachers Union and Stand Up Chicago, a coalition of labor...Tags: Hyatt Hotels Corp., Chicago Hotels, Michigan Avenue, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Groups protest downtown against CPS closings
The Chicago Teachers Union, parents and community groups are using the Veteran's Day holiday to march against the school board over proposed school closings. Currently, there is not an official list of specific schools being targetted, but the number...
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CPS wants more time to compile school closing list
Tribune reporterChicago Public Schools officials plan to ask the state legislature for more time before submitting a required list of school closings. The deadline is Dec. 1 but the district wants to extend it until March 31 while a commission conducts an "extensive...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago City Hall, Karen Lewis
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CPS announces guidelines for possible school closures
She's only been on the job 11 days and Chicago Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett is already staring down one of her most unpopular duties. She has a month from today to announce a list of schools that will close before next school year. Byrd-Bennett says...
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CTU sues to stop pension reform
WGN NewsWith its first strike in a quarter century past them, the Chicago Teachers Union is taking part in a new fight. It’s suing to stop pension reform in Springfield. The many pension investigations produced by WGN and the Chicago Tribune led...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Tom Cross, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Justice System
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Crushing debt is our children's biggest threat
One issue overshadows every other in this election: the crushing government debt that we are leaving our children. Just as World War II defined the Greatest Generation and the '60s defined the baby boomer generation, our generation will become known as...
Tags: Government Debt, Government, Mitt Romney, Elections, Chicago Elections
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New teacher union contract approved
WGN NewsThe Chicago Board of Education approved the new three-year Chicago Teachers Union contract Tuesday The action came at the board's first meeting with its new CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett. She replaced Jean Claude Brizzard three weeks after the teachers...Tags: Career and Workplace, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Teachers Strike, Chicago Mayor, Collective Contract
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New Chicago schools chief ready to meet big challenges
WGN NewsA mayor with big expectations, plus a school system with a big deficit, equals a big challenge for new Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett. The former teacher and long time administrator says she can solve the many complex problems CPS is...Tags: Education, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Charter Schools
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Emanuel names new CPS CEO after Brizard's exit
After spending a year-and-a-half in office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's choice for CPS CEO is out. Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard resigned yesterday. Jean-Claude Brizard was allowed to resign, in what he and the mayor's office called a mutual...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, New York City, Chicago Mayor
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Departing Brizard to get full year's salary
Clout StreetDeparting Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard will get a full year's salary as part of his severance package, district officials said today. The school board gave Brizard a two-year contract at $250,000 a year when it hired him in April 2011....Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Karen Lewis, Jean-Claude Brizard
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Brizard out as CPS chief: 'We agreed it is best'
Tribune reportersMayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked choice to head the Chicago public schools resigned Thursday, just three weeks after the end of the city's first teachers strike in a quarter century. Jean-Claude Brizard said he and the mayor agreed he should step down...Tags: Strikes, Career and Workplace, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Strike, New York City
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Teachers Union suit goes after law cracking down on public pension abuse
Tribune reporterFearing cuts to the pension benefits of its “ordinary” members, the Chicago Teachers Union filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court Tuesday that goes after a state law passed in January that was intended to crackdown on public pension...Tags: Justice System, Government, Judges, Cook County Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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