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CAGiversary!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19547286
1. Lack of pay increase (a 4% rise was canceled last year)
2. Health insurance concerns
3. Job security and teacher evaluations
The teacher evaluations are, as usual, dependent on test scores, which I'm guessing are a poor measure of a teacher's performance, especially given that the curriculum and textbooks of most public schools are a terrible, disorganized mess.
One of the side effects of the strike, though, is that a lot of children are not where they are supposed to be.
Is a strike like this the best way to get what they want?
Edit: On a side note,
There seem to be three primary complaints:Teachers in Chicago have gone on strike for the first time in 25 years, prompting a showdown with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over a contract dispute.
As many as 26,000 teachers were expected to stay away, with picket lines forming around the city.
About 350,000 students were affected by the strike in the nation's third-largest district.
1. Lack of pay increase (a 4% rise was canceled last year)
2. Health insurance concerns
3. Job security and teacher evaluations
The teacher evaluations are, as usual, dependent on test scores, which I'm guessing are a poor measure of a teacher's performance, especially given that the curriculum and textbooks of most public schools are a terrible, disorganized mess.
One of the side effects of the strike, though, is that a lot of children are not where they are supposed to be.
Is a strike like this the best way to get what they want?
Edit: On a side note,
Mitt Romney decides to give his ill informed opinion of the situation, citing the students as the real victims, as if he truly cares about the students of America in general, much less in Chicago.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-chicago-teachers-strike-romney-20120910,0,669195.story
[quote name='Mitt Romney']“I am disappointed by the decision of the Chicago Teachers Union to turn its back on not only a city negotiating in good faith but also the hundreds of thousands of children relying on the city’s public schools to provide them a safe place to receive a strong education,” Romney said in the statement, issued by his campaign as he was flying from Boston to a campaign event in Ohio. “Teachers unions have too often made plain that their interests conflict with those of our children, and today we are seeing one of the clearest examples yet.”[/QUOTE]
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-chicago-teachers-strike-romney-20120910,0,669195.story
[quote name='Mitt Romney']“I am disappointed by the decision of the Chicago Teachers Union to turn its back on not only a city negotiating in good faith but also the hundreds of thousands of children relying on the city’s public schools to provide them a safe place to receive a strong education,” Romney said in the statement, issued by his campaign as he was flying from Boston to a campaign event in Ohio. “Teachers unions have too often made plain that their interests conflict with those of our children, and today we are seeing one of the clearest examples yet.”[/QUOTE]
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