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21 Feb 2011, 6:34 am by annalthouse@gmail.com (Ann Althouse)
Union leaders urged Wisconsin teachers to return to work at schools that are open on Monday...But the Madison schools are closed, and there was a big union vote yesterday about that, as I blogged last night. [read post]
26 Apr 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
” [Ann Althouse] Testing issue allows teachersunions to make friends on the conservative side [NYT via same] Legal costs exceed $100 per student at some Chicago-area public schools; $23 billed for one lawyer’s phone message [Tribune via ABA Journal] Maintenance of Effort laws, meant to insulate school budgets against local voter control, might backfire [Free State Notes post by me, channeling my letter to the editor] A dissent on liberalizing school… [read post]
12 Feb 2013, 4:17 am by Heidi Henson
The single largest work stoppage beginning in 2012 in terms of number of workers and total days idle was between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union, with 26,500 workers accounting for 185,500 days idle. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 1:59 pm by LindaMBeale
  Compare that to the Journal's typical slant on any "entitlements" that tend to go to ordinary taxpayers, such as union-negotiated pensions, union-negotiated health insurance provisions, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 6:24 am by Gary Becker
A liberal Democratic recently elected mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emmanuel, has been staring down the teachers union (and other government unions) as he tries to get teachers and other government employes to work longer hours as he confronts a very serious budget deficit. [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 7:22 am by Louis Rosen
  He defended penniless petty criminals, notorious Chicago gangsters, controversial labor leaders like Eugene V. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 11:09 am
Of course, in the 5th grade, the teachers were there to ensure that the discussion *was* about the issues. [read post]
23 May 2023, 4:00 am by jonathanturley
For years, boards and teacher unions have treated parents as unwelcome interlopers in their children’s education. [read post]
15 Dec 2010, 11:30 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Khan's request because the purpose of her leave was not related to her professional duties nor was it leave for any of the specific purposes set forth in the Professional Negotiations Agreement between the district and the teachers' union. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 8:00 am by Todd Henderson
As I write this, dozens of City of Chicago workers are repairing the sidewalk in front of a coffee shop. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 9:00 pm
Wells traveled as far as Europe to speak in favor of racial equality before her death in Chicago in 1931. [read post]
2 Sep 2019, 9:56 am by Tom Smith
Some labor activists such as Chicago’s teacher union leaders recently traveled to Venezuela’s disastrous leftist regime, and expressed their admiration and solidarity. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 6:30 am by Jim Sedor
” by Jay Weaver for Miami Herald Florida: City Officials Could Be Reimbursed for Legal Fees in FBI Probe by Jeff Burlew for Tallahassee Democrat Illinois: Judge Denies Windfall to Teachers Union Lobbyist Who Was Substitute for a Day by Ray Long for Chicago Tribune New York: Firing of Official Who Says He Resisted de Blasio Is Under Review by William Neuman and William Rashbaum for New York Times Pennsylvania: Firms to Pay $9M to Feds to Resolve LCB Payola Case by… [read post]
24 Sep 2015, 12:49 pm by LaJuana Davis
Philadelphia parents filed a class action lawsuit against the School District of Philadelphia last month, alleging that the district violated special education law requirements by failing to translate documents and to provide sufficient interpretation services during Individualized Education Program meetings. [read post]
7 Jan 2016, 3:11 am by Amy Howe
California Teachers Association, the challenge to the requirement that public employees who decline to join the union that represents them nonetheless pay a fee to cover their share of the costs of collective bargaining. [read post]
31 Jan 2023, 5:00 am by jonathanturley
For years, boards and teacher unions have treated parents as unwelcome interlopers in their children’s education. [read post]