Teachers unions are facing tumultuous times, grappling with financial, legal and public-relations challenges as they fight to retain their clout and build alliances, and deal with declines in membership.
The total jobs gap in local public education as a result of the Great Recession and its aftermath is around 389,000 jobs
'Reforming' schools by giving tax money to corporations is a distraction from the system's real problems - poverty and racial segregation.
Bradley Manning spied for us. 50th anniversary March on Washington. Growing an artificial heart. Save Chicago public schools rally. iPhones made by iSlaves? Fast food workers strike: the third wave.
Amazing 9 year old Asean Johnson brings a Chicago crowd to their feet, defending his public school and calling for a struggle to save Chicago's schools.
Chicago teachers and other supporters of public education are teaching Mayor Rahm Emanuel that the forces of grassroots democracy can shock back too. And boy, does he have it coming.
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