Protesters Flood Loop To 'Take Back Chicago'
Thousands of protesters flooded downtown Chicago Monday to participate in simultaneous marches to "Take Back Chicago."
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Thousands of protesters flooded downtown Chicago Monday to participate in simultaneous marches to "Take Back Chicago."
A group of Chicago aldermen, along with the Chicago Teachers Union and some community groups, rallied at City Hall Tuesday to push a move to allocate surplus TIF money to go back into the budget.
The Chicago Teachers Union is taking its case against a longer school day directly to the City Council.
Bad blood between City Hall and the Chicago Teachers Union showed no sign of getting any better on Wednesday as the mayor and the union traded shots again over the push to get teachers to voluntarily accept a longer school day.
The school day is now longer for students at six Chicago Public elementary schools, and the pupils are taking it all in stride.
The Chicago Teachers Union says recent teacher layoff by public school officials are having a greater impact on African-American and Latino teachers.
Chicago Public School teachers were speaking out for the first time on Tuesday about the difficult decision to vote for a longer school day. So far, teachers at 12 public schools have agreed to extend the school day by 90 minutes.
It's not easy to take sides in the big battle in Chicago between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Teachers Union regarding a longer school day, but my side is on the Rahm side.
While the debate over a longer school day in Chicago continued to heat up, the heads of the teachers union and the Chicago Public Schools held a spirited debate Tuesday evening on the future of the school system.
A sixth school has now broken ranks with the Chicago Teachers Union, and gone ahead with lengthening its school day.
Several hundred people gathered in the Thompson Center plaza on Saturday to voice support for the jobs plan unveiled Thursday by President Obama.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is speaking out again in strong support of a longer day for Chicago Public Schools students.
As a fourth school in Chicago voted to accept a longer school day, the City Council gave its unanimous support to the push to add at least 90 minutes to the school day at Chicago Public Schools.
As students and parents were preparing for the first day of school in just two days, the head of the teachers union was standing firm in insisting that schools should wait for a more detailed plan before implementing a longer school day.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard said Saturday that if teachers at other Chicago Public Schools want a longer day, their offer of pay and planning money remains on the table.
Students return to the Chicago Public Schools Tuesday, and chief executive officer Jean-Claude Brizard says he believes teachers will put aside their labor complaints when it comes time to get to the front of the classroom.
Chicago teachers were staging a rally Wednesday afternoon to protest canceled raises and the push to lengthen the school day.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is facing a growing tide of discontent from the city's labor unions. Fired workers, rejected contract-compromises, and unanswered cost-saving ideas all have begun generating protests aimed at City Hall.
The Chicago Teachers Union has rejected an offer of 2 percent raises for elementary school teachers for beginning a longer school day beginning in January.
Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Jean-Claude Brizard has offered to give elementary school teachers a 2 percent raise this year if the district implemented a longer school day this year rather than waiting.
Chicago Public School officials were moving forward with plans for a longer school day and year starting next year, but the Chicago Teachers Union balked at joining an advisory panel being formed to help implement the longer school day.
The Chicago Teachers Union says it would accept a lower cost-of-living salary increase for the current school year.
Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis is reacting to plans that would lengthen the school day for Chicago Public Schools, suggesting the extra time could actually hurt some students.
Teachers and parents jammed a meeting Wednesday night, for the first public hearing on the budget for Chicago Public Schools.
Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer Jean-Claude Brizard and Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis met Tuesday, and one of the topics on the table was a longer school day.
