Education

I was forced to contend with a variety of inequalities that placed huge constraints upon me, and others like me, as a direct result of poverty, racism and sexism.

Yes, schoolchildren in Chicago are victims, but not of their teachers...

The Chicago Teachers Union, through its courage and militancy, has shifted the ground on education reform and on teacher unionism. They have shown not only that it is possible …

Great teachers stay focused all times, linking empowerment - the ability to think and act critically - to the concept of social transformation.

In the following exclusive interview, Annette Fuentes talks about her work, her book and shares insight into the u201cschool-to-prison pipeline,u201d including zero tolerance policies that puts kids in harmu2019s …

The deal calls for a double-digit salary increase over the next three years.

The obvious question is: why aren't large numbers of businesses organized on this principle?

More than 800 delegates voted on the contract and came out with an agreement that CTU President Karen Lewis called a victory for education.

As a new report shows the the United States' low ranking in education worldwide, the entire idea of American exceptionalism should be called into question.

Karen Lewis, the union president, described the voice vote as 98 percent to 2 percent in favor and a sign that the deal was seen as good, though hardly …