Teachers on Townhall

• Obama’s Education Plan Means $17 Million in New Union Dues Revenue Fri Oct 5
  Kyle Olson
  Education turned into a key issue in Wednesday’s first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney. ... more
• Chicago Teachers Union ratifies deal that ended strike Thu Oct 4
  Reuters News
• Chicago teachers vote on ratifying deal that ended strike Tue Oct 2
  Reuters News
• Chicago teachers vote whether to ratify deal that ended strike Tue Oct 2
  Reuters News
• Online Schools Becoming More Popular, Despite Union Resistance Tue Oct 2
  Kyle Olson
  Enrollment in online schools has increased twelvefold in Ohio since the first internet-based school was created in the state in 2000, The Gazette Medina reports. ... more
• Revealed: The Newest, Secret Tactic by the American Federation of Teachers to Get You to Cough Up More Cash Sun Sep 23
  John Ransom
  Chicago is the inevitable outcome of the system that Obama is designing at the federal level. I grew up in Chicago. Lived there off and on into my 30s. You do not want the United States of America to look like the Windy City. But it may be too late. ... more
• Chicago teachers to vote October 2 on new contract Fri Sep 21
  Reuters News
• Analysis: Options limited to finance Chicago teachers contract Wed Sep 19
  Reuters News
• Analysis: Tough tactics leave Emanuel bruised in fight with Chicago teachers Tue Sep 18
  Reuters News
• 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
• Analysis: Chicago mayor court move raises stakes in teachers strike Mon Sep 17
  Reuters News
• Chicago teachers rally after tentative labor deal Sat Sep 15
  Reuters News
• Chicago teachers fear wave of school closings after strike Sat Sep 15
  Reuters News
• Chicago teachers to stage big rally amid hopes of end to strike Fri Sep 14
  Reuters News
• It's Not the Kids, Stupid, It's the Stupid Teachers Fri Sep 14
  Suzanne Fields
  Not so long ago, many youngsters wanted to grow up to be a teacher, and parents were pleased to encourage them. Not any longer. Teachers have become the Rodney Dangerfields of postmodern America. They typically can say, "I don't get no respect." ... more
• Talks to end Chicago teachers strike make progress Thu Sep 13
  AP News
• Slovak teachers demand higher pay in biggest walkout in a decade Thu Sep 13
  Reuters News
• 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
• 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
• Florida probes online school company over teachers Tue Sep 11
  Reuters News
• Chicago Teachers Vote to Strike; 16% Raise Over 4 Years Not Enough Tue Sep 11
  Mike Shedlock
  The average teacher in Chicago makes $76,000 a year for nine months of work. They were offered 16% salary increase spread over four years. So what else? They strike. ... more
• Chicago Teachers on Strike But Is It For Real? Tue Sep 11
  Jeff Carter
  Teachers are trying to make education all about money. The reality is if we reformed the nation’s education system we could spend a lot less money, and get better results. ... more
• Analysis: Striking Chicago teachers take on national education reform Mon Sep 10
  Reuters News
• Chicago teachers resume negotiations to avoid major strike Sat Sep 8
  Reuters News
• Chicago teachers union increases pressure as strike deadline looms Thu Sep 6
  Reuters News

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