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Monday, September 17, 2012
New Anti-Obama Billionaire To Spend $12 Million To Buy Elections For Republicans
New Anti-Obama Billionaire To Spend $12 Million To Buy Elections For Republicans: Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul who spent tens of millions of dollars seeking to buy Congress and the White House for Republicans, now has a new partner in this effort: Joe Ricketts, the founder of what became online brokerage TD Ameritrade Inc., plans to spend $10 million airing ads supporting GOP nominee Mitt Romney [...]/p
Friday, September 14, 2012
Two Visions for Chicago’s Schools | Common Dreams
Two Visions for Chicago’s Schools | Common Dreams
"According to most news reports, the teachers in Chicago are striking because they are lazy and greedy. Or they are striking because of a personality clash between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and union president Karen Lewis. Or because this is the last gasp of a dying union movement. Or because Emanuel wants a longer school day, and the teachers oppose it. None of this is true. All reports agree that the two sides are close to agreement on compensation issues—it is not money that drove them apart. Last spring the union and the school board agreed to a longer school day, so that is not the issue either. The strike is a clash of two very different visions about what is needed to transform the schools of Chicago—and the nation."
"According to most news reports, the teachers in Chicago are striking because they are lazy and greedy. Or they are striking because of a personality clash between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and union president Karen Lewis. Or because this is the last gasp of a dying union movement. Or because Emanuel wants a longer school day, and the teachers oppose it. None of this is true. All reports agree that the two sides are close to agreement on compensation issues—it is not money that drove them apart. Last spring the union and the school board agreed to a longer school day, so that is not the issue either. The strike is a clash of two very different visions about what is needed to transform the schools of Chicago—and the nation."
On the Significance of the Chicago Teachers Strike: Bearing Witness to, and Challenging Democracy's Demise
On the Significance of the Chicago Teachers Strike: Bearing Witness to, and Challenging Democracy's Demise
"What the world witnessed in Chicago as thousands of teachers, staff and support personnel went on strike was the emergence of a revolutionary ideal.
"What the world witnessed in Chicago as thousands of teachers, staff and support personnel went on strike was the emergence of a revolutionary ideal.
This is an ideal rooted in the promise of democracy - one that challenges corrupt neo-liberal practices, such as giving corporations and markets the right to define the purpose and meaning of public education; opposes policies that systemically defund public education by shifting the burden of low tax rates for the rich, and the cost of bloated military expenditures, to teachers and other public servants; and refuses to support educational reforms that debase educational leadership and teaching in order to undermine public education as a bulwark of democracy."
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Teachers Have No Friends Among the Journalistic Elite | Common Dreams
Teachers Have No Friends Among the Journalistic Elite | Common Dreams
"If union bashing is supposed to be about what's good for the children, I think people need to think a little bit more deeply about what this really means."
"If union bashing is supposed to be about what's good for the children, I think people need to think a little bit more deeply about what this really means."
5 Liberal Pundits Repeating Right-Wing Teacher-Bashing Talking Points | Alternet
5 Liberal Pundits Repeating Right-Wing Teacher-Bashing Talking Points | Alternet
"Chicago's teacher strike may turn out to be the most important one in a generation, as teachers stand up to a corporate-backed education reform regime that stresses testing and firing teachers as a form of “accountability” while continuing to refuse to invest real money in making educational opportunities equal for all students. "
"Chicago's teacher strike may turn out to be the most important one in a generation, as teachers stand up to a corporate-backed education reform regime that stresses testing and firing teachers as a form of “accountability” while continuing to refuse to invest real money in making educational opportunities equal for all students. "
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Rahm Shortchanges Public Schools, Showers Charters With Cash
Rahm Shortchanges Public Schools, Showers Charters With Cash
"Matt Farmer on Huffington Post with a story that's a illustrative of the kinds of issues Chicago teachers are striking over: how Rahm Emanuel is siphoning off the money from public schools and giving it to the politically-connected, for-profit "reformers" -- while public schools have inadequate resources, overcrowded classrooms and leaky roofs. He's also willing to switch out the bulk of the Chicago public schools for a system that we already know isn't any better, because it benefits the political and financial agenda of his corporate cronies:"
"Matt Farmer on Huffington Post with a story that's a illustrative of the kinds of issues Chicago teachers are striking over: how Rahm Emanuel is siphoning off the money from public schools and giving it to the politically-connected, for-profit "reformers" -- while public schools have inadequate resources, overcrowded classrooms and leaky roofs. He's also willing to switch out the bulk of the Chicago public schools for a system that we already know isn't any better, because it benefits the political and financial agenda of his corporate cronies:"
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Going To School In Chicago: High Poverty, Short School Days, Crumbling Buildings
Going To School In Chicago: High Poverty, Short School Days, Crumbling Buildings: Chicago’s public school teachers were on strike for a second day today, continuing a standoff with the city’s mayor, Rahm Emanuel (D). Negotiations stalled over a handful of issues, including teacher evaluations, the funding of charter schools, and class sizes. Meanwhile, some 350,000 students are left missing time in the classroom. And a look at [...]/p
Monday, September 10, 2012
Chicago teachers are facing down big money and political power to fight for better schools
Chicago teachers are facing down big money and political power to fight for better schools
"Chicago teachers are fighting not just for fair pay and decent health care but for a host of things that will improve education for Chicago kids—smaller classes, needed books and teaching materials, comfortable and well-maintained schools. But they're running into a buzz saw of well-organized, well-funded opposition from the massive anti-teacher, pro-corporateeducation policy world."
"Chicago teachers are fighting not just for fair pay and decent health care but for a host of things that will improve education for Chicago kids—smaller classes, needed books and teaching materials, comfortable and well-maintained schools. But they're running into a buzz saw of well-organized, well-funded opposition from the massive anti-teacher, pro-corporateeducation policy world."
Why We're Striking in Chicago | Common Dreams
Why We're Striking in Chicago | Common Dreams
"We stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters throughout the state and country who are currently bargaining for their own fair contracts. We stand with those who have already declared they too are prepared to strike, in the best interests of their students."
"We stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters throughout the state and country who are currently bargaining for their own fair contracts. We stand with those who have already declared they too are prepared to strike, in the best interests of their students."
Chicago Teachers Take Stand Against Corporate Education Reform | Common Dreams
Chicago Teachers Take Stand Against Corporate Education Reform | Common Dreams
"Embattled Democratic Mayor Rahm Emmanuel called the teachers' action "a strike of choice," but opponents of the mayor's corporate education reform agenda respond by saying that the policies proposed are simply destroying public education in the city and, because of Chicago's connection to President Obama, the impact of the resistance to such measures has national implications."
"Embattled Democratic Mayor Rahm Emmanuel called the teachers' action "a strike of choice," but opponents of the mayor's corporate education reform agenda respond by saying that the policies proposed are simply destroying public education in the city and, because of Chicago's connection to President Obama, the impact of the resistance to such measures has national implications."
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Chicago Teachers Uprising Takes on a 1 Percent Mayor, and the Labor Establishment to Boot | Alternet
Chicago Teachers Uprising Takes on a 1 Percent Mayor, and the Labor Establishment to Boot | Alternet
"Chicago teachers could hardly be more united in their disgust at Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s assault on public education. More than 98 percent voted to authorize a strike, which union activists say is as much about defending students and parents as it is about the economics of their contract. "
"Chicago teachers could hardly be more united in their disgust at Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s assault on public education. More than 98 percent voted to authorize a strike, which union activists say is as much about defending students and parents as it is about the economics of their contract. "
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