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- Members of the Chicago Teachers Union and supporters stage a car caravan protest outside City Hall in the Loop, Jan. 5, 2022. Talks between Chicago school leaders and the teachers union resumed Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022 amid a standoff over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety measures. The situation looms over the start of a second week of school after three days of canceled classes in the nation’s third-largest district. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Chicago fight with teachers union stretches into 2nd week
By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press
Sun,01/09/22-12:44PM , 586 Reads
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago school leaders canceled class a fourth day in the nation’s third-largest district as negotiations with the teachers’ union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols failed to produce an agreement over the weekend.
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- Attorney Mary Bluma, a single parent, talks about having her two children back home instead of in school Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Chicago. Hundreds of thousands of Chicago students remained out of school for a second straight day Thursday after leaders of the nation's third-largest school district failed to resolve a deepening clash with the influential teachers union over COVID-19 safety protocols. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Chicago nixes school for 3rd day as virus, union debate rage
By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press
Thu,01/06/22-10:38AM , 437 Reads
CHICAGO (AP) — Leaders of the nation’s third-largest school district canceled classes for a third consecutive day as heated negotiations continued with the Chicago Teachers Union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety measures.
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- Pedro Martinez speaks shortly after Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced him as the new chief executive of the Chicago Public Schools during a news conference in Chicago on Sept. 15, 2021. Martinez says classes will be canceled Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, if the teachers union votes to switch to remote learning due to record COVID-19 levels. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
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No deal, no school: Chicago cancels classes for a 2nd day
By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press
Wed,01/05/22-7:28AM , 288 Reads
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago school leaders canceled classes for a second straight day after failing to reach an agreement Wednesday with the teachers union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols in the nation's third-largest school district.
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Chicago cancels classes after union backs remote learning
By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press
Tue,01/04/22-1:19PM , 174 Reads
CHICAGO (AP) — Leaders of Chicago Public Schools have canceled classes Wednesday after the teachers union voted to switch to remote learning due to record COVID-19 levels. The move comes amid an escalating battle over pandemic safety protocols in schools. The status of instruction the rest of the week remained in limbo.
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