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    Sep 23, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Striking a blow for choice

    On Monday, Sept. 10, the first day the Chicago Teachers Union was out on strike, 350,000 public school students — and their parents — were left high and dry. But for 52,000 other youngsters enrolled in public schools, it was just another day of learning. They attend charter schools, of which the city has 118.
    On Monday, Sept. 10, the first day the Chicago Teachers Union was out on strike, 350,000 public school students — and their parents — were left high and dry. But for 52,000 other youngsters enrolled in public schools, it was just another day...

    Tags: Collective Contract, Career and Workplace, Students, Rahm Emanuel, University of Washington, Bothell

    2. Nov 16, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Kids These Days pull songs from the static

    Kids These Days open their self-released debut album, “Traphouse Rock,” with the sound of several radio stations cutting in and out between static.
    Kids These Days open their self-released debut album, “Traphouse Rock,” with the sound of several radio stations cutting in and out between static. It comes off as a brief tongue-in-cheek commentary on the Chicago septet’s style-...

    Tags: L.A. Reid, Entertainment Events, Kids These Days (music group), Lollapalooza, Entertainment

    3. Sep 23, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Many Chicago Democrats untapped by pro-Obama super PAC

    So far, almost all of Chicago's top Democratic donors have abstained from giving to Priorities USA Action, the leading super PAC supporting <strong>President </strong><strong>Barack</strong><strong> Obama</strong>'s<strong> </strong>re-election campaign.
    So far, almost all of Chicago's top Democratic donors have abstained from giving to Priorities USA Action, the leading super PAC supporting President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. According to records released late Thursday, only a half-dozen or...

    Tags: Politics, Federal Election Commission, Political Fundraising, Mitt Romney, Charity

    4. Sep 23, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. CSO strike also has national overtone

    No sooner had a weeklong strike by Chicago public school teachers been settled than a walkout by musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra over the weekend again focused national attention on labor matters in the city.
    No sooner had a weeklong strike by Chicago public school teachers been settled than a walkout by musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra over the weekend again focused national attention on labor matters in the city. The strike resulted in the...

    Tags: Mexico, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Politics, Music Industry, Culture

    5. Sep 19, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Strike lessons learned

    What are the lessons learned from the Chicago Teachers Union strike and its battle with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and what does the future look like going forward?
    What are the lessons learned from the Chicago Teachers Union strike and its battle with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and what does the future look like going forward? "This didn't have anything to do with the children; this was an adult fight," said the...

    Tags: Civil and Public Service, Pat Quinn, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Executive Branch

    6. Sep 14, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. What would Neva Boyd think?

    In Chicago, last week was for the playing of games.
    In Chicago, last week was for the playing of games. Three of Chicago's best-trained game players — Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson and Cecily Strong — landed lucrative, career-making gigs on "Saturday Night Live," a tantalizing reminder of the...

    Tags: Karen Lewis, Paul Simon, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Career and Workplace, Entertainment

    7. Sep 15, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. From pizza to poetry, a few things I like

    Every now and then I make a list of things I've liked lately. Here's a back-to-school edition.
    Every now and then I make a list of things I've liked lately. Here's a back-to-school edition. 1. "Boss" According to the ratings, you're not likely to have watched this great show starring Kelsey Grammer as Chicago's brilliantly diabolical mayor. I...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Kelsey Grammer, Mary Schmich, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Cancer

    8. Sep 17, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Trice: Much has changed in CPS since the '70s

    In 1974, when Benjamin Malone taught fourth grade at James R. Doolittle Jr. Elementary on Chicago's South Side, he was my first male teacher and my first real crush.
    In 1974, when Benjamin Malone taught fourth grade at James R. Doolittle Jr. Elementary on Chicago's South Side, he was my first male teacher and my first real crush. Mr. Malone (which is how I still refer to him) was tall and dark and handsome and wore...

    Tags: South Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, Education, Roseland, Teachers

    9. Sep 18, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Teachers' contentions

    &quot;Our members are not happy. They want to know if there is anything more they can get."
    "Our members are not happy. They want to know if there is anything more they can get." So said Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, Sunday evening after its House of Delegates refused to call off its strike against Chicago Public Schools...

    Tags: Won't Back Down (movie), Wage Contract Issues, Collective Contract, Schools, Karen Lewis

    10. Sep 14, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Why teachers have test anxiety

    <strong>The statement of the obvious: </strong>Bad teachers are afraid of being evaluated based on how well their students perform on standardized tests. When they fail their students, their students fail them.
    The statement of the obvious: Bad teachers are afraid of being evaluated based on how well their students perform on standardized tests. When they fail their students, their students fail them. The question: But why are so many presumptively good...

    Tags: Fertilizer, Schools, Learning Disability, New York City, Students

    11. Sep 12, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. CPS kids would need vouchers to attend 'unreal' schools

    When Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis led her members out on strike this week, she said real school would be closed.
    When Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis led her members out on strike this week, she said real school would be closed. "Negotiations have been intense but productive," she said. "However, we have failed to reach an agreement that will prevent a...

    Tags: White House, Human Interest, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Students

    12. Oct 4, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. FBI gives Chicago student a peek at his potential

    Jeremy Clark is a serious young man from a serious neighborhood: Roseland on the South Side, the kind of place most of you see only from a distance, in a crime story.
    Jeremy Clark is a serious young man from a serious neighborhood: Roseland on the South Side, the kind of place most of you see only from a distance, in a crime story. Blue cop lights flashing, yellow police tape on the trees, angry neighbors mingling,...

    Tags: Organized Crime, Roman Catholicism, Criminals, Christianity, Entertainment

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