Education

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.

This week in the Election Countdown: Chicago teachers vote to end the strike with plans to ratify a new contract in the next two weeks; Democrats are favored to …

There's a number of critical concerns that get no attention, including some of the worst problems in the United States and the world.

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 …

Eight hundred teachersu2019 union delegates are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to end a public schools strike, now in its seventh day, that has left 350,000 students without …

Collective bargaining is not the problem, and taking that right away from teachers will not fix the schools.

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 …

It's hard to make the case that Chicago teachers are either grossly overpaid or grossly underpaid. They seem to make a salary that is comparable to that of other …