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    May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing

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    By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school...

    Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Tribune, Washington, DC

    2. May 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Voice of the People, May. 22

    Labeling schools In the controversy over school closings, we often hear the term "failing" as a reason for closing a school. The use of this term is both degrading and insulting to the students, teachers and parents of those schools. A school is a...

    Tags: Teachers, Natural Disasters, Tornadoes, Teaching and Learning, Students

    3. May 21, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Fewer than 5 CPS schools expected to be spared

    Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down.
    Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down....

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Proco Joe Moreno, Chicago Elections, Chicago Teachers Union

    4. May 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest

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    By Renita D. Young CHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the...

    Tags: Chicago Charter Schools, Teachers, Police Arrests, Rahm Emanuel, Washington, DC

    5. May 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Teachers elect Lewis to 2nd term as CTU head

    Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has been leading the fight against the district’s plan to close schools, was reelected to a second three-year term Friday, according to preliminary and still unofficial results released by the union.
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    Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has been leading the fight against the district’s plan to close schools, was reelected to a second three-year term...

    Tags: Teachers, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Strikes, Teaching and Learning

    6. May 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Chicago Teachers Union re-elects Karen Lewis

    Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial figure who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel by leading a seven-day strike last fall, was easily re-elected to a second three-year term Friday, according to unofficial results released by the...

    Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Unions, Chicago Teachers Strike, Chicago Teachers Union

    7. May 14, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. 3 days of marches against school closings planned

    With just over a week before the Chicago Board of Education votes on a proposal to close 54 schools, the Chicago Teachers Union and other activist groups said Monday they would hold marches over three days to protest the plan.
    With just over a week before the Chicago Board of Education votes on a proposal to close 54 schools, the Chicago Teachers Union and other activist groups said Monday they would hold marches over three days to protest the plan. The marches will begin...

    Tags: Teachers, Activism, Rahm Emanuel, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Mayor

    8. May 15, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  8. Union sues Chicago, claims racism behind school closure plans

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    By Greg McCune CHICAGO, May 15 (Reuters) - The Chicago Teachers Union sued the nation's third-largest school district on Wednesday, saying a plan to close 54 schools this year discriminates against African-American children and those with disabilities....

    Tags: Teachers, Trials, Labor Disputes, Teaching and Learning, Students

    9. May 9, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  9. By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015

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    Friday's print column A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the......
    10. May 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Voice of the People, May. 10

    Union business This is in response to "My challenge to Karen Lewis" (Perspective, April 26), by Tanya Saunders-Wolffe, a counselor at Jesse Owens Community Academy on the Far South Side. Why is the Chicago Tribune newspaper a venue for proselytizing...

    Tags: Teachers, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Public Schools, Englewood, Teaching and Learning

    11. May 7, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. One vote, many lives

    The Chicago City Council will vote on many items Wednesday. None likely will be more important than the zoning change on tap for the property at 2245 W. Pershing Road.
    The Chicago City Council will vote on many items Wednesday. None likely will be more important than the zoning change on tap for the property at 2245 W. Pershing Road. That is where Concept Schools, a top-quality charter operator, wants to open the...

    Tags: Chicago Charter Schools, Schools, Charter Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, New Products

    12. May 5, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Emanuel doubles down as year 2 ends

    Surrounded by kids as he accepted money from a soft-drink company for nutrition and exercise classes, Rahm Emanuel was asked if it might make more sense for children's health to take a harder line on the sale of sugary drinks.
    Surrounded by kids as he accepted money from a soft-drink company for nutrition and exercise classes, Rahm Emanuel was asked if it might make more sense for children's health to take a harder line on the sale of sugary drinks. "I'm here about making...

    Tags: Teachers, Economic Policy, Economy, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Elections

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