Chicago teachers to strike for first time in 25 years Teachers' Strike 400 000 kids stay home as union gives 10day notice poses test nation's teacher unions Comment is a shortsighted mess schools fail reach deal Parents support but how long Editorial Why Chicago's matters Top News 'Still Miles Apart' From Resolution Teachers Go On What's at stake the president says will continue Still no end sight Obama wants go away fast ongoing brace Day 2 of What does mean here

Chicago teacher strike poses test for unions The massive teacher strike in Chicago offers a high-profile test for the nation's teacher unions, which have seen their political influence threatened as a growing reform movement seeks to expand charter schools, get private companies involved with failing schools and link teacher evaluations to student test scores. Chicago teachers, schools fail to reach deal Chicago's first teachers strike in 25 years is set to continue in a dispute over evaluations and job security. Reports of planned school shutdowns fuel concerns. CHICAGO — After more than 10 hours at the bargaining table, Chicago teachers and school officials adjourned without an agreement Tuesday night, leaving the city's first teachers strike in 25 years poised to continue for a third day. Chicago Orgs Scramble To Watch Kids During Strike Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: I'm Melissa Block. And we begin this hour with day two of the Chicago teachers' strike. Some 350,000 students are affected by the walkout in the nation's third-largest school district. We'll have a report on how the strike is playing out in the presidential race. CORNISH: But ... Chicago teachers strike to drag into a third day CHICAGO (Reuters) - A strike of Chicago teachers that has closed the nation's third-largest school district will drag into Wednesday after unionized teachers and negotiators for Mayor Rahm Emanuel failed to reach an agreement in the biggest labor dispute in the United States in a year. Negotiations adjourned late on Tuesday with both sides saying they had made progress but had not secured a deal ... Strike camps spring up around Chicago to give kids place to go Responding to demand caused by the Chicago teachers strike, local enterprises are setting up strike camps for parents looking for constructive and creative places to leave their kids during the day, but nearly all come at a cost. Lookingglass Theatre is one of a number of groups offering day-to-day drama workshop programs. Lookingglass is holding its camp from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the strike ... Chicago teachers strike: School district optimistic; union less so Negotiators went back to the bargaining table Tuesday morning as Chicago parents coped with the second day of a teachers strike. School district officials continued to insist that an agreement could be quickly done; their union counterparts were less optimistic. Parents support Chicago teachers but for how long? As Chicago teachers walked the picket lines for a second day, they were joined by many of the very people who are most inconvenienced by their strike: the parents who must now scramble to find a place for children to pass the time or for baby sitters. Chicago Teachers Go on Strike Why did Chicago teachers decide to strike? Chicago Teachers Union Sees Ultimatum ABC News' Matt Jaffe and Alex Perez report: The Chicago teachers' strike will stretch into a third day Wednesday after negotiators failed to reach a deal yet again this evening. After another long day of talks, David Vitale, the president of the Chicago Board of... Chicago teachers remain on strike Chicago teachers remain on strike New York Times Copyright 2012 New York Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:42 p.m., Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Contract negotiations continued Tuesday between Chicago Public Schools officials and the city's teachers union as 350,000 students stayed out of classes for a second day ...
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