Public Education – Page 9

Chicago Teachers Union: Black teachers, students most affected by school closings

February 9, 2012 By Teresa Albano

CHICAGO - Fed up with discrimination, the Chicago Teachers Union filed a complaint Feb. 9 with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charging the Board of Education's mass teacher layoffs last year unfairly impacted African American teachers.

Colombia’s students defend public education, join worldwide movement

November 16, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Colombian students are rejecting a government proposal aimed at privatizing public higher education. Students are demanding an alternative education that's democratic, free, and serves the great majority.

Big business drives Illinois anti-teacher bill

January 6, 2011 By Lance Cohn And John Bachtell

CHICAGO - Under the guise of "school reform," big corporate foundations, banking and speculative hedge fund investors are pulling out all stops to ram an anti-teacher measure through the Illinois state legislature.

CEO, with no education background, to run NYC schools

November 11, 2010 By Dan Margolis

Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Cathleen Black to head New York schools.

Chicago activists renew call for independent, progressive politics

July 15, 2010 By Pepe Lozano

On Chicago's southwest side, a renewed call for independent and progressive politics takes hold, and a new teachers' union president challenges school closing policy.