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Departing Brizard to get full year's salary
Clout StreetDeparting Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard will get a full year's salary as part of his severance package, district officials said today. The school board gave Brizard a two-year contract at $250,000 a year when it hired him in April 2011....Tags: Chicago Mayor, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Jean-Claude Brizard, Rahm Emanuel
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Teachers Union suit goes after law cracking down on public pension abuse
Tribune reporterFearing cuts to the pension benefits of its “ordinary” members, the Chicago Teachers Union filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court Tuesday that goes after a state law passed in January that was intended to crackdown on public pension...Tags: Trials, Labor Legislation, Chicago Teachers Union, Interior Policy, Career and Workplace
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Aldermen want hearings on Chicago school closings
Although Chicago teachers have signed off on their new contract, the lingering anxiety about the future of the city's public education system surfaced Thursday as aldermen stepped up a call for hearings on potential school closings. Chicago Public...
Tags: Strikes, Proco Joe Moreno, Chicago, Chicago Teachers Union, Robert Fioretti
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Chicago teachers OK new contract, get ready for next fight
Tribune reportersChicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis called the overwhelming vote by teachers in favor of a contract agreement a victory, but said the union would continue to fight against school closing and the growth of privately-run charter schools. "No...Tags: Wage Contract Issues, Chicago Teachers Union, Academic Progress, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Chicago teachers vote on new contract today
WGN NewsChicago Teachers Union members are voting today on the new contract that ended their strike last month. CTU president Karen Lewis is not giving any indication whether or not she has confidence that the contract will pass majority vote by the rank and...Tags: University of Illinois at Chicago, Schools, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Teachers Union, Career and Workplace
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Schoolchildren's stomachs rumble; drama queens grumble
As nominations poured in for the stupendous Moutza of the Month award for September, President Barack Obama was avoiding meeting with world leaders because he had something more important to do: hang out on daytime TV with the ladies of "The View." "I...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Cinderella (fictional character), Chicago Mayor, Executive Branch, Entertainment
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It's the teachers in a squeaker
Which side won in the Chicago Teachers Union strike? I've heard and been asked the question many times since the union suspended its seven-day walkout and its members returned to the classroom Wednesday. The easy, vague answer is that both sides won. The...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Career and Workplace, Teachers
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Rejecting test scores as a core value
It wasn't about money. It was about respect. That's what Chicago teachers union president Karen Lewis kept reminding the public during the seven-day teachers strike that had parents scrambling and kept 350,000 children out of class. But there was way...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Strikes, Teachers, Students, Health Insurance Cost
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It’s the teachers in a squeaker
Change of SubjectFrom Sunday's print column Which side won in the Chicago Teachers Union strike? I’ve heard and been asked the question many times since the union suspended its seven-day walkout and its members returned to the classroom Wednesday. The easy, vague...... -
Kassopedia: The cure for Verpes, Rahmifications and Karen Lewis Withdrawal Syndrome
As I light my pipe, take up my quill pen and sheepskin and once again prepare to write another volume of The Kassopedia — the repository of the world's great knowledge — I'm reminded of a snarky reader. She calls herself, "Your long...
Tags: Hot Dogs, Schools, Chicago City Hall, Labor Legislation, Chicago Mayor
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Strike ends, search for funding begins
WGN NEWSMayor Emanuel and his administration are trying to figure out how they will pay for the new contract between the Chicago Teachers' Union and Chicago Public Schools. The union ended their strike on Tuesday, after the two sides agreed a three percent...Tags: Chicago City Hall, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Strike, Frederic Chopin
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Classes resume Wednesday; Strike suspended
WGN NewsIt took months of meetings, hundreds of hours of negotiations, seven days of a full fledged strike and Tuesday there was a resolution at last. Chicago Public School students will return to class Wednesday. The teachers union delegates met for more...
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