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Despite parent protest, Simeon closes electricity-training class
August 7, 2014On a near perfect summer evening here, July 31, about 75 parents along with a number of students filled the Simeon Career and Technical Education auditorium.
Read moreChicagoans take to the streets against school cuts
July 23, 2014The meeting came on the heels of the announcement that CPS was cutting over $50 million from neighborhood schools and diverting it to politically connected charter school.
Read moreAFL-CIO student interns organize on Tobacco Road
July 17, 2014AFL-CIO Union Summer interns have joined members of the FLOC in a drive to organize thousands of North Carolina tobacco farm workers.
Read moreMoral Monday leader a hit at AFT convention
July 16, 2014Teachers heard the iconic leader of the Moral Monday movement in North Carolina characterize them as part of a movement fighting for the very soul of the nation.
Read moreChicagoans a big hit at Teachers’ convention in LA
July 14, 2014Several Chicagoans have stolen the show at the AFT's national convention that runs through today at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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