Just when it started to get really ugly, the Chicago Public Schools teacher strike is over. Yesterday we told you that Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel asked the court to step in and order the teachers to end their strike. Even though the judge denied his request, CPS teachers did come to an agreement. Black America […]

With Chicago teachers poised to go on strike for the first time in a quarter century, parents spent Sunday worrying about how much their children’s education might suffer and where their kids will go while they’re at work. Teachers said they would walk off the job Monday if no deal was reached with the nation’s […]