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Mondays with Johnny
Change of SubjectZorn, Schmich and Williams on the Chicago teachers' strike (.mp3) WGN-AM 720 audio. I will be on WBEZ FM 91.5 at 3 p.m. to join a panel talking about the strike.... -
Open thread on the 'strike of choice'
Change of SubjectChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel scolds the teachers' union that theirs is a "strike of choice," as opposed to... CTU president Karen Lewis stresses benefits, job security and problems with proposed teacher-evaluation system. Teacher David Steiber writes in... -
Fondness makes a teachers strike different
Change of SubjectTeachers have a special place in our hearts. The good ones have guided us. The great ones have inspired us. The important ones have put us in our place when we needed it and given us a break when we...... -
Pictures in the News | September 10, 2012
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Child's character matters in education
Jeff Nelson and his team at OneGoal knew they couldn't just focus on academics when they began to put together a strategy in 2007 to help underperforming Chicago Public Schools students enter college and earn degrees. As he talked to teens who had...
Tags: University of Michigan, High Schools, Colleges and Universities, Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events
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Column: When unions lose, workers lose
America lost one of its iconic brands last month when Hostess, maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and other staples of postwar Middle America, closed up shop. The announcement was an occasion for wags to litter the Internet with jokes about...Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Interior Policy, Hostess Brands, Inc.
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Two tickets strike gold in record Powerball jackpot
CHICAGO (AP) — The richest Powerball jackpot ever — and the second-largest top prize in U.S. lottery history — has been won. The question now becomes: Who are the lucky winners waking up to new lives as multimillionaires? Powerball...
Tags: Lotteries, Powerball Lottery, CVS Corp., Lifestyle and Leisure, Mega Millions Lottery
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Kids These Days pull songs from the static
Kids These Days open their self-released debut album, “Traphouse Rock,” with the sound of several radio stations cutting in and out between static. It comes off as a brief tongue-in-cheek commentary on the Chicago septet’s style-...
Tags: Arcade Fire (music group), Bud Billiken (fictional character), Entertainment Events, Chicago Public Schools, L.A. Reid
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Emanuel has open door for corporate execs, record shows
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has opened the door to his City Hall office for a steady stream of investment bankers, venture capitalists and international consultants in his intense search for private solutions to some of Chicago's biggest public problems. From...
Tags: Garry McCarthy, Economic Policy, Richard M. Daley, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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CTU sues to stop pension reform
WGN NewsWith its first strike in a quarter century past them, the Chicago Teachers Union is taking part in a new fight. It’s suing to stop pension reform in Springfield. The many pension investigations produced by WGN and the Chicago Tribune led...Tags: Labor Legislation, Tom Cross, Chicago Teachers Union, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Football | Saturday's first-round playoff updates
Chicago Tribune reporters8A final: Loyola 41, Evanston 0 Read the game story. 8A final: Mount Carmel 30, Brother Rice 9 Read the game story. 7A final: Glenbard West 49, Elk Grove 21 Read the game story. 7A final: Lake Zurich 49, Crystal Lake South 0 Read the game story....Tags: High School Sports, Symbols and Symbolism, Ottawa Senators, Illinois High School Association, Sports
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New teacher union contract approved
WGN NewsThe Chicago Board of Education approved the new three-year Chicago Teachers Union contract Tuesday The action came at the board's first meeting with its new CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett. She replaced Jean Claude Brizzard three weeks after the teachers...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Mayor, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract
Sep 10, 2012
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Sep 10, 2012
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Sep 11, 2012
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Sep 10, 2012
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Sep 10, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Dec 15, 2012
|Story| Aberdeen News
Nov 29, 2012
|Story| Petoskey News
Nov 16, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Nov 15, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Oct 30, 2012
|Story| WGNTV-LTV
Oct 27, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Oct 24, 2012
|Story| WGNTV-LTV
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