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Rahmpelstiltskin could come out any day now
If the striking Chicago teachers wanted to see the mayor as some angry Rahmpelstiltskin — stamping his feet in those in curly-toed boots, shrieking to be paid for spinning all that straw into gold — they'll have to wait a few more days. It'...
Tags: Democratic Party, Strikes, The New York Times, Chicago Public Schools, Karen Lewis
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Fondness makes a teachers strike different
Teachers have a special place in our hearts. The good ones have guided us. The great ones have inspired us. The important ones have put us in our place when we needed it and given us a break when we deserved it. Many of us have trusted our children...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Career and Workplace, Strikes, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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Chicago teachers strike is inspiring, but danger lurks
I went down to the union rally in the Loop on Monday, the first day of the teachers strike, not knowing what I'd find or even what I wanted to. It was a startling, thrilling sight. Thousands of red shirts were swarming south on Clark Street, chants...
Tags: Democratic Party, Chicago Loop, Career and Workplace, Strikes, Teaching and Learning
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Interview and performance: Boots Riley and the Coup
Never before has an interview subject assumed/joked that RedEye was a communist newspaper. Fans of Boots Riley’s veteran, socially conscious hip-hop act The Coup probably won’t be surprised that he mentioned it. “Do people assume that...
Tags: Entertainment, Sports, Media Industry, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Movies
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Chicago school strike hits third day
Talks were set to start again Wednesday morning with Chicago's school board and striking public school teachers seemingly miles apart from reaching a deal to get 350,000 children back in school. And as rhetoric and accusations came from both sides,...
Tags: News Agency, Strikes, Roberto Clemente Jr., Time (magazine), Karen Lewis
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Teachers union to vote on aggressive stand against Deasy policies
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles teachers union has scheduled an April vote for an initiative that would, if passed, call for a more aggressive posture against the leadership of the L.A. Unified School District. The goal is to get a majority of...... -
Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review WTTW-Ch. 11: Host Joel Weisman with Chuck Goudie, ABC-7 News - Mick Dumke,...... -
The Week in Pictures | September 10 – 16, 2012
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School, interrupted
Change of Subject[Chicago Mayor Rahm] Emanuel's argument for a longer school day and year started out as an accusation, not a conversation...Kristen Mack, John Chase and John Byrne of the Tribune in Mayor's reputation tarnished in teachers union dust-up The one line...... -
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...... -
Why teachers have test anxiety, too
Change of SubjectThe 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...... -
Thursday Morning Coffee: The five things you need to know this morning.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're pressed for time, so let's get started, shall we? Here's your countdown of the Top Five Stories making news on this 13th day of September. 1. We're on the ground in Philadelphia this morning......
Sep 13, 2012
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| Chicago Tribune
Sep 20, 2012
| Chicago Tribune
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| Chicago Tribune
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| Allentown Morning Call
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