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Paul Blumenthal

Before Chicago Strike, Wealthy Donors Shifted Education Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 09.14.2012 | Home
Read More: Video, Stand for Children, Senate Bill 7, Rahm Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel Chicago Mayor, Chicago, Education Reform, Teachers, Chicago Teachers Union, Unions, Chicago Teachers Strike, Campaign Finance, Home News

WASHINGTON -- As the Chicago teachers strike edges toward its close, both sides of the education reform debate are trumpeting arguments for or against...

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SB-7 Clears the Way for New Assault on Chicago's Teachers

Mike Klonsky | Posted 08.15.2011 | Home
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Mike Klonsky

SB7, which was just signed into law this week by Illinois Gov. Quinn severely weakens the power of the state's teachers and their unions to bargain collectively.

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Joy Resmovits

Illinois Teacher Accountability Now Official

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.13.2011 | Home
Read More: Education News, Collective Bargaining, Video, Teacher Tenure, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Bill 7, Tenure, Teachers Unions, Education Reform, Center for American Progress, Democrats for Education Reform, Chicago Teachers, Home News

With the flick of Gov. Pat Quinn's (D) wrist, an Illinois law that changes the rules governing how teachers can be hired and fired became official Mon...

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Illinois Is Proving Any State Can Change Its Schools

Suzanne Tacheny Kubach | Posted 07.22.2011 | Home
Read More: Wisconsin, Teacher Evaluations, Stand for Children, Education, Sb 7, Senate Bill 7, Illinois, Education Reform, Teachers, Tenure-Reform-Bill, Teachers Tenure, Advance Illinois, Home News
Suzanne Tacheny Kubach

A dozen or so leading citizens, backed by local and national philanthropy, put Illinois on this path to becoming a national leader in education reform.

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