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Labor Beat: Chicago Teachers Stand Strong Labor Beat: Chicago Teachers Stand Strong On May 23, 2012, Chicago Teachers Union held a massive rally at the Auditorium theater to inform their membership about the coming contract ... Rated: -1     Duration: 1682 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:50:02 PDT	Progress Illinois: Chicago Teachers Union rallies for fair contract Progress Illinois: Chicago Teachers Union rallies for fair contract More than 5000 of the Chicago Teachers Union's 25000 members staged a rally and march in downtown Chicago today. CTU's contract with the ... Rated: 5     Duration: 44 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Thu, 24 May 2012 09:04:33 PDT	Maricopa Now - July 2012 Maricopa Now - July 2012 More than 5000 of the Chicago Teachers Union's 25000 members staged a rally and march in downtown Chicago today. CTU's contract with the ... Rated: 5     Duration: 44 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Thu, 24 May 2012 09:04:33 PDT Rated: 5     Duration: 1786 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:18:17 PDT	Progress Illinois: Chicago Teachers Union Picket Progress Illinois: Chicago Teachers Union Picket CTU held informational pickets today, including one outside Cather Elementary School on the West Side of Chicago, as contract talks continued ... Rated: 5     Duration: 128 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:04:54 PDT
Chicago Teachers Union Vs. Astroturf Billionaires (Preview) Chicago Teachers Union Vs. Astroturf Billionaires (Preview) Full video available here -- www.CTUnet.com The Chicago Teachers Union is currently on the front lines of a fight to defend public education. On ... Rated: 2.6     Duration: 56 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:12:13 PDT	PDA-IL: Chicago Teachers Union, Kristine Mayle PDA-IL: Chicago Teachers Union, Kristine Mayle Chicago Teachers Union Financial Secretary Kristine Mayle speaks on the current state of Chicago Public Schools and contract negotiations. August ... Rated: 5     Duration: 614 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:47:38 PDT	Chicago Teachers Union Informational Picketing for a #FairContractNow Chicago Teachers Union Informational Picketing for a #FairContractNow Chicago Teachers Union members took their case for a fair contract to the streets. Parents, students, and community joined in. Rated: 5     Duration: 83 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:58:36 PDT	Mark Belling tells you how the Chicago Teachers Union is screwing up Illinois Mark Belling tells you how the Chicago Teachers Union is screwing up Illinois CHICAGO — Contract negotiations between striking teachers and public school administrators here were scheduled to begin late Wednesday morning ... Rated: 5     Duration: 1077 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:15:03 PDT
Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters take their case to the streets Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters take their case to the streets On August 20, 2012 CTU members and supporters engaged in informational picketing at schools across the city to discuss contract negotiations with ... Rated: 5     Duration: 48 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:45:39 PDT	President Obama Honors the 2011 Medal of Freedom Recipients President Obama Honors the 2011 Medal of Freedom Recipients to help let them know how extraordinary their impact has been on our lives. And so today we present this amazing group with one more accolade for ... Rated: 4.147541     Duration: 2013 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 29 May 2012 17:46:49 PDT	Building and Sustaining Collaborative Learning Opportunities to Support High School Improvement Building and Sustaining Collaborative Learning Opportunities to Support High School Improvement this is you can see what he's done so far today so far today we've got their whole first sets of tweets keep going on there you go now ... Rated: -1     Duration: 5447 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:51:30 PDT	Assessing Teacher Effectiveness in High Schools Assessing Teacher Effectiveness in High Schools This session describes teacher effectiveness measures for the high school context, with implementation case studies from state and school ... Rated: 5     Duration: 5421 seconds     Video type: YouTube     Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:14:28 PDT
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CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION MEETS ON CONTRACT TODAY CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION MEETS ON CONTRACT TODAY After a weeklong strike, the Chicago Teachers Union will find out this afternoon whether a deal reached over the weekend is good enough to allow 350,000 students back into the classroom. "We believe this is a good contract, however, no contract will ...	Tentative deal reached in 5-day Chicago teachers strike Tentative deal reached in 5-day Chicago teachers strike Chicago (CNN) -- The Chicago Teachers Union and the city's school board reached a tentative agreement Friday in their dispute over new contract terms that has closed public schools for 350,000 students. Despite the possible deal, union president Karen ...	Tentative deal reached in 5-day Chicago teachers strike Tentative deal reached in 5-day Chicago teachers strike The Chicago Teachers Union and the city's school board reached a tentative agreement Friday in their dispute over new contract terms that has closed public schools for 350,000 students. Despite the possible deal, union president Karen Lewis cautioned ...	Teachers union, CPS work to iron out contract details Teachers union, CPS work to iron out contract details Union Officials said the devil is in the details-- the details of the contract language-- and that is what they are still working on right now. After a dinner break tonight, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis returned to 8 South Michigan for ...
Chicago Teachers Say They Have Outline Of A Deal To End Strike Chicago Teachers Say They Have Outline Of A Deal To End Strike Union members meet today to hear the latest proposals, and they might get some real numbers; the Chicago Tribune says negotiators are doing 'number crunching'. The report says union chief Lewis, who had hinted Thursday that teachers could ink a deal ...	KNOE 8 News; KNOE-TV; KNOE.com |On ice: NHL locks out its players KNOE 8 News; KNOE-TV; KNOE.com |On ice: NHL locks out its players With only hours until a threatened NHL lockout, the league and the players' union appear no closer to a deal. The clock struck midnight, and the NHL turned into ... Chicago Teachers Union delegates will meet Sunday to review a proposed contract and ...	wistv.com - Columbia, South Carolina |Thousands of striking teachers rally in ... wistv.com - Columbia, South Carolina |Thousands of striking teachers rally in ... Saturday's talks were aimed at settling on the exact language, and Chicago Teachers Union delegates said late Saturday that they will meet Sunday to review a proposed contract and vote on whether to suspend the strike. If the majority of the nearly 800 ...	Moments earlier, the attorney for the Chicago Teachers Union said the final ... Moments earlier, the attorney for the Chicago Teachers Union said the final ... ... Vitale said. Moments earlier, the attorney for the Chicago Teachers Union said the final deal wasn't done yet. Read more from NBCChicago.com ... The union's delegates still will meet at 2 p.m. as planned, Bloch said, and a report will made to them ...
Chicago teachers strike will last at least full week Chicago teachers strike will last at least full week They will meet again on Sunday, when they could vote on ending or at least suspending the strike. Both sides are very optimistic that the strike ... Once that work is done, the framework of a new contract must be approved by the Chicago Teachers Union ...	Teachers strike update: Chicago's students could be black in class Monday Teachers strike update: Chicago's students could be black in class Monday After an afternoon session Friday, Chicago Teachers' Union president Karen Lewis said its House of Delegates will review the impending contract changes by Sunday, when they're expected to vote on whether or not to end the strike. ... As both sides ...	CPS deal up in air as talks extend into early morning CPS deal up in air as talks extend into early morning Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union began the day saying they were close to a deal that could return teachers and students to the classroom Monday, but gave little information subsequently as negotiations to iron out details extended well ...	With 7 weeks to go, Obama-Romney race still tight With 7 weeks to go, Obama-Romney race still tight Chicago Teachers Union delegates will meet Sunday to review a proposed contract and vote on whether to suspend a week-old strike. Chicago Teachers Union delegates will meet Sunday to ... With only hours until a threatened NHL lockout, the league and ...
Lessons Mayor Rahm Emanuel can learn from teacher strike Lessons Mayor Rahm Emanuel can learn from teacher strike ... what if Emanuel had worked with the Chicago Teachers Union to structure the longer day? Now that the teachers strike appears to be winding down, there are lessons to be learned for Chicago's rookie mayor. ... The superintendent and the head of the ...	Chicago Teachers' Strike Enters Third Day Chicago Teachers' Strike Enters Third Day In the view of some here, the toxic relationship between Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, whom Ms. Lewis has called a “bully” and a “liar,” has helped push the city's teacher contract talks to the point of a ...	No strike vote today, but classes could resume Monday No strike vote today, but classes could resume Monday September 14, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- An attorney for the Chicago Teachers Union says there will be no vote Friday, but "both sides have agreed on an outline for a contract." 'Children First' childcare info: 147 sites open to children during the strike ...	Push to Add Charter Schools Hangs Over Strike Push to Add Charter Schools Hangs Over Strike By MOTOKO RICH. Published: September 12, 2012. CHICAGO — Of the issues that remain to be settled in the contract dispute here between the teachers' union and the city, expanding charter schools is not officially on the table.

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Imagine a job that requires an Army officers leadership skills, a C.E.O.s management expertise, a lawyers negotiating talents and an educators understanding of how to teach children. Thats what it takes to be a school superintendent in the 21st century. It may be the toughest job in America. Superintendents are hard pressed to recruit and - Sol Hurwitz article on tremendous demands placed on school superintendents, who he says may have toughest jobs in America; profiles four superintendents who are reversing the course of failing schools: Alan Bersin in San Diego, Carmen Varela Russo in Baltimore, Joseph Olchefske in Seattle and Barbara Byrd-Bennett in Cleveland; photo (L) (Special section, Education Life) - Sol Hurwitz, a freelance writer, is a former president of the Committee for Economic Development, an organization of business leaders and educators. As a school board member in Rye, N.Y., he headed a search committee for a superintendent. - By Sol Hurwitz

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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Teachers Union delegates will meet Sunday to review a proposed contract and vote on whether to suspend a week-old strike.

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Purple is the color of Andrew Sterns life. He wears, almost exclusively, purple shirts, purple jackets and purple caps. He carries a purple duffel bag and drinks bottled water with a purple label, emblazoned with the purple logo of the Service Employees International Union, of which Stern is president. There are union halls in America where a man - Matt Bai article profiles Andrew Stern, president of Service Employees International Union, which represents janitors, health aides and other service workers; while old-line industrial unions are in decline, Stern has been organizing low-wage workers, most of whom have never belonged to union, at torrid pace to point where SEIU is largest and fastest-growing trade union in North America; Stern has scolded labor bosses for failing to adapt to new world in which automation and globalization have savaged organized labor; threatens to bolt AFL-CIO if other bosses do not embrace reform, beginning with plan to merge its 58 unions into 20 for purpose of consolidating power; intends to create new, more dynamic kind of movement around 21st-century workers; critics accuse him of being dictatorial; career highlights; photos (L) - Matt Bai, a contributing writer, covers national politics for the magazine. - By Matt Bai

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION MEETS ON CONTRACT TODAY - WGN Radio

After a week-long strike, the Chicago Teachers Union will find out this afternoon whether a deal reached over the weekend is good enough to allow 350000 students back into the classroom.

Teachers union, CPS work to iron out contract - Chicago Tribune

8 hours ago ... Thousands of teachers from Chicago and beyond rallied at a Near ... Hundreds of union leaders are scheduled to meet at 3 p.m. Sunday for a ...

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1 day ago ... Members of the Chicago Teachers Union carry placards outside the .... Now we can get back to turning out the dumbest school graduates of the ...

'Framework' of strike deal in place, Chicago schools official says ...

1 day ago ... Moments earlier, the attorney for the Chicago Teachers Union said the final deal ... The union's delegates still will meet at 2 p.m. as planned, Bloch said, and a report will made to them about the progress of contract talks. ... We are so close I do believe it is very, very possible we could have a deal today." ...

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Delegates from the teachers union have a meeting scheduled for 3 p.m. local time to review — and potentially approve — a new contract with Chicago Public Schools. As the union says in a statement on its website, the ...

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Chicago Teachers Union delegates will meet Sunday to review a proposed contract and vote on whether to suspend a week-old strike. Delegates say the meeting.

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Saturday's talks were aimed at settling on the exact language, and Chicago Teachers Union delegates will meet Sunday to review a proposed contract and vote on whether to suspend the strike. If the majority of the nearly 800 delegates agree with the proposed pact, students will ... So we fight today for schools on the South and West Side to look like schools on the North Side." Saturday's talks took place at the offices of union attorney Robert Bloch. On his way into the ...

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On a Tuesday afternoon in April, in a dingy conference room on the 10th floor of the office building of New Yorks central Board of Education, Rudy Crew, the citys schools chancellor, sat at a dark wood table with two dozen parents and community activists to discuss, among other things, the trouble with Terence. The child, a student at P.S. 329 in - Sara Mosle cover story profiles New York City Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew; describes his efforts to transform some of citys troubled, dismally performing schools; among Crews reform initiatives is his widely publicized campaign to have all students reading at grade level by end of third grade; citys 32 community school districts now have to jump when Crew gives an order, as result of historic legislation that State Assembly approved; Crews good relations with Mayor Giuliani discussed; photos (L) - Sara Mosle, an editor of the New York Times Book Review, writes frequently about education. - By Sara Mosle

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