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Chicago Teachers Union President Mocks ‘Wet Hen’ Rahm Emanuel for ‘Stamping His Little Feet’ in Anger Fri Mar 29

Kyle Olson

There she goes again. Karen Lewis just can’t help herself. ... more
Chicago Teachers Union President Laughs About Lying to Parents, Turning Students Into “Hostages” Thu Mar 28

Kyle Olson

Why is our government education system so dysfunctional? Perhaps because parents often don’t get the truth and administrators and teachers are constantly fighting each other. ... more
NBC Laments ‘Upper Class Has Just About Won’ Against Unions Fri Jan 25

Kyle Olson

The Detroit News recently reported that union membership has declined five-tenths of a percentage point – 11.8 to 11.3 – in the workforce. ... more
Gangs are Latest Excuse for Not Closing Failing, Half-Empty Chicago Schools Mon Jan 14

Kyle Olson

Instead of appropriately dealing with gang-related violence, an independent Chicago school closure commission is recommending no school closures because such a move could force students to cross gang lines. ... more
Crowd Laughs as Chicago Teachers Union President Talks about Killing the Rich Tue Jan 8

Kyle Olson

The Chicago Teachers Union is not just about looking out for its members’ interests. The union wants to fundamentally change America, too. ... more
Only 11 People Show for Chicago Teachers Union Victory Lap in Michigan Thu Nov 1

Kyle Olson

The fact that only 11 people showed “for a discussion of the 2012 Chicago Teachers Union strike and what it means for Michigan unions,” could be signal that there may be underwhelming support for the unions’ Proposal 2 on Michigan’s statewide ballot. ... more
Chicago Teachers Union Rank-and-File Reps Refuse to Endorse Obama Thu Oct 25

Kyle Olson

So much for finding favor with the hometown crowd. ... more
New Contract Earns Chicago Schools 2nd Credit Downgrade – In One Quarter! Sat Sep 29

Kyle Olson

Sound financial management clearly wasn’t a concern to any party involved in the recent contract negotiations in Chicago Public Schools. ... more
New Contract Earns Chicago Schools 2nd Credit Downgrade – In One Quarter Sat Sep 29

Kyle Olson

Sound financial management clearly wasn’t a concern to any party involved in the recent contract negotiations in Chicago Public Schools. ... more
Strangulation by Union Wed Sep 26

John Stossel

The Chicago teachers strike is over, but the public didn't win. ... more
Chicago School Leaders Don’t Know How They’re Going to Pay for the New Contract! Sat Sep 22

Kyle Olson

The successful business leaders that sit on the Chicago Board of Education must have checked their brains at the door when they went into the negotiating room with the teachers union. How else could they possibly negotiate a contract that the school district can’t possibly afford? ... more
Emanuel: Teacher Strike is a Hazard to Safety and Health of Children Mon Sep 17

Katie Pavlich
Just as Intended, Teachers Strike Hurts Families Mon Sep 17

Jeff Jacoby

The true long-term impact of the Chicago teachers strike may be not be known for some time. But there is no mystery about its impact in the immediate term -- anxiety, panic, and disruption for myriad mothers and fathers left in the lurch when 30,000 members of the Chicago Teachers Union walked away from their classrooms last week just as a new school year was getting underway. ... more
Chicago Strike Shows Why we Need School Choice Mon Sep 17

Star Parker

It says something about today’s public education reality that the two sides in the teachers’ union dispute in Chicago are the union and the mayor. ... more
Rahm to Sue Chicago Teachers Sun Sep 16

Kevin Glass
Che Guevara in Chicago Sat Sep 15

Humberto Fontova

You just knew Che Guevara would show up as an icon of the union demonstrators in Chicago. Why? Well, let’s consider the factors in this demonstration by union-educators who were mostly educated by other union-educators. ... more
Winner and Losers in Teacher Strike Fri Sep 14

Linda Chavez

Children in Chicago may soon be back in school, if members of the 26,000-member Chicago Federation of Teachers vote to accept a new contract whose details at this writing are still being finalized. But are there any winners in this confrontation in the nation's third-largest school district with some 350,000 students? ... more
Why Liberals Hate Teachers Thu Sep 13

Mike Gallagher

If they Chicago teachers strike proves just one thing, it is this; liberals hate teachers. If you would permit me, let me explain this seemingly counterintuitive statement. ... more
Time for School Choice in Chicago Thu Sep 13

Cal Thomas

"There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time." -- Calvin Coolidge, responding to the 1919 Boston police strike. ... more
Chicago Teacher Strike is Not For the Children Wed Sep 12

Marybeth Hicks

On Monday, Chicago’s 26,000 public school teachers walked out of the classroom and, after a quick stop at Target for red T-shirts, assembled in the Windy City’s downtown Loop to make this crucial point: It’s not about the children. It’s about us. ... more
Che-cago Teachers Union Uses Idle Students as Props in Strike Wed Sep 12

Kyle Olson

On the first day of the Chicago Teachers Union strike, the union had the gall to use student protesters as props in its fight for bigger raises and better benefits, but less accountability. ... more
"A" Is for Agitation: Radical Chicago Teachers on Parade Wed Sep 12

Michelle Malkin

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis walks, talks and barks like a rootsy Occupy Wall Street activist. But this Big Labor loudmouth who's leading the abandonment of nearly 400,000 schoolchildren in the Windy City is just another power-grabbing union fat cat. ... more
As Chicago Teachers Strike, 79 Percent of Students Can't Read Tue Sep 11

Katie Pavlich
Rahm Emanuel: Romney Needs to Pledge Not to Cut Education Tue Sep 11

Chicago, IL

The perfect man to be giving advice on education. ... more
The Real Victims in Chicago's Teacher's Strike Tue Sep 11

Chicago, IL

Children, who should be in school learning, are left with limited or no options in an increasingly dangerous city. ... more