Chicago Teachers Making Reformies Nervous
Reformy eyes from all over the country are looking at the Chicago teachers strike; do they like what they see?
Newark teachers, in the thick of their own contract negotiations, are closely watching the developments in the Chicago teachers strike.
Several issues under negotiation in Newark — where teachers have been without a contract since 2010 — are the same as the sticking points in Chicago, including new teacher evaluations and pay based on experience and degrees, said Joe Del Grosso, the Newark Teachers Union president. He said his members could be swayed by the outcome in Chicago.
“You have members who look at the news,” he said. “If the teachers there prevail in their way,