Friday, August 31, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Media's take on CTU strike

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Media's take on CTU strike:


Media's take on CTU strike


"Enough is enough. We're done."

Edweek
CTU President Karen Lewis has become something of a hero to teachers who are frustrated with recent policy directives such as evaluations and pay based partly on student test-score growth, turnarounds based on school closures, and charter conversions. Some of those teachers believe that the national teachers' unions have been too willing to compromise with management and other powerful interests on these issues. -- Stephen Sawchuk
CBS News
As the clock ticks down to a looming Chicago teachers strike, could the man in charge of the school district be on his way out? CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard says he's not going anywhere, 

 @CTULocal1 members march for "student needs, not corporate greed!