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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Big victory in Chicago court case

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Big victory in Chicago court case

Big victory in Chicago court case

Federal judge orders CPS to rescind teacher firings

The Chicago Teachers Union won a major victory in its battle stop the mass firing of tenured teachers. In June, the Chicago School Board passed a resolution giving schools chief Ron Huberman the power to layoff teachers without regard to the district's collective bargaining agreement with the union.

In the ruling, United States District Judge David H. Coar called on the Chicago Public Schools administration