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In the News: CTU begins printing "On Strike' signs
By: Cassandra West / August 20, 2012
Even as labor negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools continue, the union has started printing “On Strike” protest signs, although no decision has been made whether or not teachers, school clinicians and paraprofessionals will issue a work stoppage in coming days, a press released issued Friday stated.
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President Obama renews call for Congress to pass his proposals to help states reduce teacher layoffs. (Christian Science Monitor)
Nearly half of New York City teachers reaching the end of their probations were denied tenure this year, the Education Department said on Friday, marking the culmination of years of efforts toward Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s goal to end “tenure as we know it.” (The New York Times)
Under pressure to expand, media companies are capitalizing on the changes that technology is bringing to classrooms. (The New York Times)
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