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Testing nonprofit waters with Chicago Ideas Week
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Chicago teachers vote to approve 3-year contract
Members of the Chicago Teachers Union overwhelmingly have approved a new three-year contract that includes pay increases and a new evaluation system, ...
Cubbies on cusp of first 100-loss season since '66
Even for a team with a record of futility unmatched in professional baseball, this season has been one of the most dismal in Chicago Cubs history.
School strike first of many challenges for Emanuel
The grueling teachers strike is over. Now comes the hard part for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. As he pushes ahead on his promise to reform the city's ...
Obama suggests Romney is out of touch with America
President Barack Obama cast Mitt Romney on Thursday as an out-of-touch challenger for the White House and an advocate of education cuts that could ...
After teachers strike, doubts about implications
Mayor Rahm Emanuel secured an extension of Chicago's school day and empowered principals to hire the teachers they want. Teachers were able to soften ...
Chicago teachers vote to return to classroom
Teachers agreed Tuesday to return to the classroom after more than a week on the picket lines in Chicago, ending a combative stalemate with Mayor Rahm ...
Contract issues in the Chicago teachers strike
Delegates representing Chicago's teachers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to end a strike after reviewing a proposed contract settlement that ...
Chicago teachers to again consider ending strike
An angry Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appeal to the courts to end a six-day teachers strike in the nation's third largest city set off a new round of ...
Weighing offer, Chicago teachers remain on strike
Chicago teachers uncomfortable with a tentative contract offer decided Sunday to remain on strike, insisting they need more time before deciding ...
Thousands of striking teachers rally in Chicago
Thousands of striking Chicago public school teachers and their allies packed a city park Saturday in a boisterous show of force as union leaders and ...
Negotiators have 'framework' to end Chicago strike
The city's nearly weeklong teachers strike appeared headed toward a resolution Friday after negotiators emerged from marathon talks to say they had ...
Talks to end Chicago teachers strike make progress
The city's public schools will stay closed for at least one more day, but leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union and the school district kept talking ...
Teacher evaluations at center of Chicago strike
Educators in Los Angeles just signed a new deal with the city's school district. So, too, did teachers in Boston. Both require performance evaluations ...
Chicago teachers union president is brash advocate
She's brash and blunt, a union leader known for her tart tongue and flip one-liners often aimed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a bitter contract dispute ...
Chicago teacher strike poses test for unions
The massive teachers' strike in Chicago offers a high-profile test for the nation's teachers' unions, which have seen their political influence ...
Chicago teachers strike in bitter contract dispute
For the first time in a quarter century, Chicago teachers walked out of the classroom Monday, taking a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and ...
Romney: Chicago teachers turning backs on students
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Monday that striking Chicago teachers are turning their backs on thousands of students and that ...
Strike highlights division on teacher evaluation
One of the key disagreements driving Chicago teachers to the picket lines this week is also a central component of President Barack Obama's education ...
Chicago teachers to strike after talks fail
Chicago teachers went on strike Monday for the first time in 25 years after their union and district officials failed to reach a contract agreement ...
Chicago teachers say latest offer disappointing
The vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union said Saturday the city school district's latest offer in contract negotiations was disappointing and ...
Chicago teachers ready to strike, hoping for deal
The Chicago Teachers Union and district officials said they will negotiate through the weekend, if necessary, to try to avoid a strike on Monday.
Clinton boosts Obama in rousing convention speech
In an impassioned speech that rocked the Democratic National Convention, former President Bill Clinton proclaimed Wednesday night, "I know we're ...