11/09/2012 11:53
Thousands of teachers begin strike in Chicago
As the Reuters reports, thousands of public school teachers marched in downtown Chicago on Monday as the first strike in a quarter century showed no signs of ending soon in a dispute over reforms sought by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and endorsed by President Barack Obama's administration.
Some 29,000 teachers and support staff in the nation's third-largest school system were involved, leaving parents of 350,000 students between kindergarten and high school age to find alternative supervision.
The teachers' union called the strike Sunday night after months of negotiations did not resolve major disagreements over how teachers will be evaluated and giving school principals more authority over hiring.