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The President of the Chicago Board of Education called teachers "the most important part of our educational system", but insisted that the district can't afford to provide a four percent pay increase to teachers and other school union members during the next school year.The Chicago Teachers Union wa

The Chicago Teachers Union plans to fight a school board decision not to pay teachers’ raises."We are going to fight this refusal of them to honor their commitment," said CTU president Karen Lewis late Wednesday. "That is important for everyone to understand."

Chicago’s new Board of Education will convene for the first time Wednesday to address a hot topic: whether the district can afford $100 million in raises scheduled for unionized employees.Less than four years ago, it was Chicago Public Schools that pushed the Chicago Teachers Union for an agreement

After hearing from district officials that Chicago’s schools are $712 million in debt, the new board of education agreed unanimously this morning that it could not afford the 4 percent raises called for in the teachers contract.It was board members’ first meeting, and the first action under Mayor Ra

MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin's Republican governor has won a major victory: the state Supreme Court says his polarizing union rights law can go into effect.Gov.

When Chicago closes low-performing schools, the district often faces fierce resistance from parents, who fight to save their children’s teachers and their neighborhood's institution.

South Sudan is poised to become a new nation on July 9, but the transition to independence will be rocky.