Education & Youth

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?

After months of partisan name-calling, it's heartwarming to see politicians of both parties coming together against a common enemy: teachers. The strike by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has …

Letter from Chicago Teachers Strike President Karen Lewis describing the movements reasons and goals.

In a system as segregated as Chicago Public Schools, where a quarter of a million students go to schools where 90 percent or more of their classmates are black …

Almost 30,000 teachers and their support staff have walked out over reforms sought by the cityu2019s powerful mayor, Rahm Emanuel, who is President Obamau2019s former chief of staff.

I would never say God sent a scary storm in the form of Hurricane Issac to the RNC because he hates Republicans, even though they do seem to ignore …

Ju00e9ru00e9mie Bu00e9dard-Wien: Quebec student activists work to create a global movement for the right to a free education.

J.H. Marten's masterful prose tells the story of teachers in this country, and the great divide that threatens education as a whole.

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