National Schools Debate Is on Display in Chicago
By Motoko Rich CHICAGO — What started here as a traditional labor fight over pay, benefits and working conditions…
Teachers’ Leader in Chicago Strike Shows Her Edge
By Monica Davey Steven Yaccino CHICAGO — When it comes to demanding, pushing and sparring, few people could even…
Chicago Teachers Push Back Against Neoliberal Education Reform
By Matthew Cunningham-Cook Picket lines can be sordid affairs. When a union is on strike or locked out—like the…
Chicago teachers strike: Could it happen in New Jersey?
By Leslie Brody, Staff Writer. The Record. Teachers are walking picket lines in Chicago over job security, compensation and…
NJ Schools Prepare to Implement New Teacher Evaluations
With teacher’s tenure now tied to the evaluations, state sets deadlines for districts to decide on the process and…
In Standoff, Latest Sign of Unions Under Siege
By Steven Greenhouse The high-stakes strike by 26,000 public school teachers in Chicago is only the latest episode in…
Ailing Public and Private Schools Consider Conversion to Charter
While option to convert to charter schools grows across nation, just one parochial school in NJ has applied By…
America would be better off with more strikes
By Chris Rhomberg, Special to CNN (CNN) — In Chicago, thousands of public school teachers and support staff represented…
Analysis: Striking Chicago teachers take on national education reform
By Stephanie Simon and James B. Kelleher (Reuters) – Chicago teachers walking picket lines on Monday, in a strike…
With No Contract Deal by Deadline in Chicago, Teachers Will Strike
By MONICA DAVEY CHICAGO — Union leaders for this city’s public schoolteachers said that they would strike on Monday morning…
Mixed reaction to start of school in Perth Amboy
PERTH AMBOY — The district superintendent and president of the union representing teachers and other staff members offered differing views…
Opinion: Has the Governor Turned the Corner on Higher Education?
The only way to make the Jersey Comeback a reality is for Christie to forego his tax cuts and…
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