The Teachers' Strike: A Look At Some Supporters
Chicago Police say more than 5,000 teachers demonstrated in the Loop Monday outside the Chicago Public Schools headquarters, 125 S. Clark St., and the blocks surrounding the building.
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Chicago Police say more than 5,000 teachers demonstrated in the Loop Monday outside the Chicago Public Schools headquarters, 125 S. Clark St., and the blocks surrounding the building.
Parents have been taking their kids to 144 "Children First" sites for alternative activities and meals, but it turns out picketing teachers are showing up at the sites too.
The Chicago teachers' strike will head into its third day on Wednesday, after the latest round of talks ended Tuesday night without a deal to bring teachers back to work, and the head of the Chicago Teachers Union describing the two sides as "kilometers apart."
While teachers at Chicago Public Schools have drawn plenty of support from parents as they stage the city's first school strike in 25 years, not all parents were supporting the teachers' decision to walk out.
Thousands of public school teachers and their supporters have flooded downtown streets Monday afternoon, for a rally in front of Chicago Public Schools headquarters on the first day of the city's first teachers' strike in 25 years.
As contract talks resumed between striking Chicago Public School teachers and the Chicago Public Schools, disappointed aldermen were hoping the teachers' strike would be a brief one.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was making the Chicago teachers' strike an issue in his campaign against President Barack Obama.
Classes might be in session on Monday at Chicago's charter schools, but they aren't totally unaffected by the strike being staged by the Chicago Teachers Union.
Parents of public school students were feeling mixed emotions as they sent kids to half-day programs at scores of Chicago Public Schools sites on Monday during the teachers' strike, while others were confused when they learned teachers had walked off the job.
What are the key sticking points in the negotiations?
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Monday he wants Chicago Public Schools officials and the Chicago Teachers Union to continue negotiating until they finish a deal to open schools again.
The first Chicago teachers' strike in 25 years has left parents and students scrambling to find alternatives for their children.
Chicago Public Schools teachers went on strike for the fist time in a quarter century on Monday, after the latest contract talks broke down Sunday with no deal to avert a walkout.
The city's charter school administrators are reminding parents of approximately 45,000 charter school students that they are open for business Monday, regardless of the planned strike by the Chicago Teachers Union.
Chicago Public Schools officials and teachers continued contract negotiations Sunday morning, in talks union officials described as "intense," with a midnight deadline looming for a teachers' strike.
Chicago Public Schools students who took part in summer anti-violence programs gathered at the South Side Community Arts Center Friday to celebrate their accomplishments.
Negotiations between teachers and the Chicago Public Schools were to resume at noon Saturday, in hopes of averting a Chicago teachers' strike that could begin next week.
Chicago Teachers Union officials say they are "disappointed" in the way contract negotiations went Friday with school officials and went home for the night, as a teachers strike loomed for Monday.
If Chicago Public Schools teachers go on strike, how will it affect their families?
The countdown continues for a potential teacher strike, but both sides are using words like "hopeful" and "optimistic" to describe the state of the negotiations as it stands now.
The Chicago police superintendent says he'll be ready if police have to deal with the sudden exodus of students from the classroom to the street - in case there's a strike.
Dozens of churches in the city say they plan to be open for Chicago Public Schools students next week if teachers go on strike Monday morning.
The CTU accuses CPS with canceling longevity pay hikes and sick leave benefits, among other moves, while both sides are involved in collective bargaining.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is defending his trip to the Democratic National Convention while the Chicago Teachers Union is poised for a possible strike.
Parents of kids at Chicago Public Schools have a huge stake in teacher contract talks, but no spot at the bargaining table; if there's a strike, they're left to wonder, "What will I do with my kids?"
