Teacher Evaluation Dispute Echoes Beyond Chicago
One of the sticking points in the Chicago teachers' strike is how teachers should be evaluated and the role student performance should play. Districts are grappling with the issue nationwide, but there's little agreement on how to implement such a system well.
Source: Education
A tentative deal has been reached in the dispute between the Chicago Teachers Union and the school board, a source with detailed knowledge of the negotiations said.
Students could be back in the classroom as soon as Monday, according to the source.
Schools remained closed on Friday, the fifth day of the strike, amid the negotiations.
Chicago teachers union video decries school conditions
Chicago teachers union video decries school conditions
Source: American School & University
Chicago teachers union to continue strike
The Chicago teachers union will continue its week-old strike in the nation's third-largest city, keeping thousands of students out of class. The union's House of Delegates declined to vote on whether to end the strike Sunday after hearing details of a tentative contract agreement. Teachers will keep picketing Monday, one week after teachers walked out. Ref. USAToday
The Chicago teachers' strike has ended after the union voted to return to work on Wednesday, according to delegates at a union meeting.
Any contract agreement with the school system would need to be ratified by the more than 29,000 members of the nation's third-largest teachers union. The strike has kept about 350,000 students out of class for seven school days. Ref. CNN
Chicago teachers union heads to court to stop school closings:
The Chicago Teachers' Union filed two complaints in federal court Wednesday trying to stop the city from closing 53 elementary schools, arguing that the closures disproportionately affect African American students and would also cause great harm to special education students. Ref. Source 4