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Chicago Teachers Union takes board to federal court. � Fred Klonsky's blog

Chicago Teachers Union takes board to federal court. � Fred Klonsky's blog

Chicago Teachers Union takes board to federal court.

Hot town. Summer in The City.
The battle between The Mayor and his gofer Ron Huberman on the one hand and the Chicago teachers union on the other is burning up the town.

Following an exchange of heated letters, the CTU is taking CPS to federal court to stop what they are calling the arbitrary firing of hundreds of teachers.
From the CTU press release:

The suit alleges that the Board is dismissing some of the city’s most qualified