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A fight for the soul of public education : the story of the Chicago teachers strike / Steven Ashby and Robert Bruno.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publisher: Ithaca ; London : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 309 p. 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781501704918
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Fight for the soul of public educationDDC classification:
  • 331.88 23
LOC classification:
  • LB 2844.47 A823f 2016
Contents:
Education reform from Washington to Chicago -- The era of mayoral control begins -- Chicago school teachers and core -- Evaluating teachers and political opportunism -- Senate Bill 7 -- The contract campaign -- Emanuel provokes, teachers prepare to bargain -- The start of 2012 contract negotiations -- A breakthrough and prelude to a strike -- The strike -- Bargaining during the strike and a deal reached.
Summary: Using interviews, first-person accounts, participant observation, union documents, and media reports, Steven K. Ashby and Robert Bruno tell the story of the 2012 strike that shut down the Chicago school system for seven.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) LB 2844.47 A823f 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000127281

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Education reform from Washington to Chicago -- The era of mayoral control begins -- Chicago school teachers and core -- Evaluating teachers and political opportunism -- Senate Bill 7 -- The contract campaign -- Emanuel provokes, teachers prepare to bargain -- The start of 2012 contract negotiations -- A breakthrough and prelude to a strike -- The strike -- Bargaining during the strike and a deal reached.

Using interviews, first-person accounts, participant observation, union documents, and media reports, Steven K. Ashby and Robert Bruno tell the story of the 2012 strike that shut down the Chicago school system for seven.

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