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Education
A Tale of (Teaching in) Two Cities: Chicago, Illinois, and Charleston, South Carolina
by Chris Talgo November 11, 2019CPS teachers are failing miserably in their mission. Maybe they should not be rewarded with more money, more posh positions, and all other sorts of treats.
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Education
Chicago Teachers Union Prefers Money Over Students Reading Books from the Library
by Lennie Jarratt December 21, 2016Budget cuts continue to affect students, parents, and school staff in Chicago Public Schools. This time the librarian at Pritzker Elementary in Wicker Park was handed the pink slip. To…
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Education
Emmanuel Uses Charter Children as Bargaining Chip to Placate Teachers Union
by Timothy Benson October 24, 2016The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), Chicago Public Schools (CPS), and Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s administration reached a tentative agreement to avert what would have been the second teachers strike in Chicago in four years.
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The Chicago Teachers Union’s “Day of Action”—planned for April Fool’s Day, naturally—will see the union’s 22,000 members walk off the job en masse. Not content with only denying Chicago Public Schools’ 400,000 students a day of learning, they will congregate downtown during rush hour, thus denying people the ability to get home and businesses the ability to conduct commerce.