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Chicago Teachers Union vows to make school closings political
Angry over school a proposal that would close down an unprecedented number of schools, Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis Monday vowed to launch a “comprehensive and aggressive political...
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Lewis: Loyalty to public schools should rival that of Cubs fans
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis wants people to rally around the city’s public schools like loyal Chicago Cubs fans.Lewis made the analogy in a speech titled “On Baseball and Budgets” that...
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CPS approves seven new charter schools
Chicago’s Board of Education voted Wednesday afternoon to approve seven new charter schools.The controversial move comes less than a year after board members voted to close 50 traditional public...
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Chicago Teachers Union: New taxes to fix pensions--but not higher property...
The Chicago Teachers Union is rolling out a plan they say will help solve the teachers pension crisis. CTU leaders say their proposals would raise much-needed money for the cash-strapped retirement...
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Chicago Teachers Union votes to oppose Common Core
Updated with additional information at 5:30pm, 5/8/14In a vote that seemed to take education observers, school district officials, and even many teachers by surprise, delegates to the Chicago Teachers...
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Chicago Teachers Union head Karen Lewis hospitalized
Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis has been hospitalized after experiencing discomfort over the weekend.CTU spokeswoman Stephanie Gadlin on Monday denied rumors Lewis suffered a stroke. Lewis...
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Karen Lewis hands over leadership of Chicago Teachers Union
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis is suffering from an undisclosed “serious illness” and will step aside as head of the organization, the union’s vice president announced Thursday.But...
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Karen Lewis not running for mayor
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, seen as Mayor Rahm Emanuel's most high-profile re-election challenger, won't run in 2015, a spokeswoman announced Monday.Lewis, who often tussled with the...
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CTU president Karen Lewis speaks up
If 35 minutes behind a microphone after months of silence proves anything about Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, it’s this: She hasn’t changed much.Lewis spoke to a crowd of people for the...
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Contract talks break down between Chicago teachers and city
Contract talks between the Chicago Teachers Union and the Board of Education ended Thursday with no agreement in sight, union officials say.CTU President Karen Lewis said the union’s latest proposal...
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CTU president Karen Lewis calls potential pension payment increase...
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis is sounding the alarm: Ongoing contract negotiations with Chicago Public Schools, and says the notion that teachers should pay more into Chicago’s severely...
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Chicago Teachers Union president responds to pension shortfall
Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, responds to the comments made by Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool.
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