The Chicago Teachers Union is poised to lead in the next school-reform fights.
Micah Uetricht
Micah Uetricht has written for Salon, In These Times, Jacobin, and TheNation.com. He lives in Chicago.
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Into Week Two, a Slightly Subdued Strike
Today, the Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) principal decision-making body, the 700-member House of Delegates, will vote on ending the strike that erupted last week over teacher evaluations, re-hiring of laid-off teachers, and pay negotiations over the teachers’ contract that expired July 1. If the delegates vote to end the strike, Chicago schoolchildren will return to […]