The move garnered widespread support from labor unions but was opposed by business interests. The Chicago Star Scholarship covers tuition, fees and books for up to three years, above whatever state and federal financial aid the student receives. The program is available to so-called Dreamers and recently was extended to include low-income students from a dozen Catholic high schools.
Pat Quinn helped broker a deal to resolve labor discord at McCormick Place that had gone on for 17 months. Exhibitors regained the ability to do much of the booth setups on their own under the agreement intended to make the convention center more cost-competitive with other cities such as Orlando, Fla. The program, which started in , sets aside fees developers pay to build higher-density developments downtown for grants to help South and West side projects.
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Latest Politics. The news that Chicago Public Schools had reopened Wednesday was no doubt music to the ears of students, parents, teachers and administrators alike. But one teacher may have struck a foul note with Mayor Rahm Emanuel during the walkout. Mike Konkoleski, a first-year math instructor at Solorio Academy High School on the Southwest Side, took to the picket line each day with a different message on his sign — each one accusing the mayor of liking a different musical act.
Photographs of his "Rahm Emanuel likes Nickelback" message went viral on Day 1, shining a national spotlight on Konkoleski. Day 3, it was Avril Lavigne, and so forth.
Eight days of demonstrations and eight days of musicians Konkoleski and his fellow striking teachers at Solorio thought would adequately capture their belief that the mayor was being uncool. Yes, yes, yes—all children should spend more productive time in school. But point this out to Mayor Emanuel and you can count on him, or one of his spokespeople, to accuse you of coddling teachers or hating on kids. He went as far as to faintly criticize Mayor Daley—though not by name—for trading a longer day for labor peace in the contract negotiations.
The mayor also had his appointed school board rescind the raise the previous board had negotiated with the union on the grounds that the system was too broke to pay it.
Just as their predecessors got a boost over the people before them , and so on. In some quarters they garner understandably little sympathy, especially among parents who are inconvenienced or students who miss out on important athletic events or crucial college deadlines, or who just need the time in school.
Still, keep this in mind before you join the rip-the-teachers chorus. Skip to content Home » Why Chicago teachers hate Rahm. Striking teachers picket CPS headquarters, S.
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