Minorities unequally disciplined in high school
On a spring morning last semester, a teenage girl wound up in the nurse's office at Hinsdale South High School, throwing up after smoking marijuana before school. Three other students...
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Students in trouble often cooperate — even if they don’t need to
What you see on TV crime shows — suspects being read their rights or demanding to see a lawyer or invoking the Fifth Amendment — is a far cry from...
Labor board may weigh in on Chicago teachers strike
The Chicago Public Schools strike may be over, but the flap over teacher pay and new teacher evaluations isn't. The state agency that investigates unfair labor practices related to educators...
Back to school
Delegates for the Chicago Teachers Union voted Tuesday to call off their seven-day strike, sending some 350,000 public schools students back to class Wednesday morning and ending the daily scene...
Back to school
Delegates for the Chicago Teachers Union voted Tuesday to call off their seven-day strike, sending some 350,000 public schools students back to class Wednesday morning and ending the daily scene...
Chicago teacher strike: Issues at the center of contract negotiations
As the Chicago teachers strike moves into a second school week, the primary — and often thorny — issues continue to revolve around how teachers are paid, evaluated and rehired...
CPS contract talks boil down to money, job security, workday
The toughest issues in contract talks between Chicago schools and the teachers union have revolved around money, job security and the workday. Contract details are still being worked out, and...
School districts starting to move away from step increases
School Superintendent John Byrne has been in education for 42 years as a teacher and administrator, so he's familiar with a constant in the world of teacher pay. "You got...
School districts starting to move away from step increases
School Superintendent John Byrne has been in education for 42 years as a teacher and administrator, so he's familiar with a constant in the world of teacher pay. "You got...
Job security at heart of 2 stumbling blocks
Two issues being cited as primary stumbling blocks to a Chicago teachers contract are a recall policy for teachers and a teacher evaluation system. Both affect job security for teachers...