Sentences with phrase «bitter teacher strike»

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CHICAGO (Reuters)- Public school teachers in Chicago voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three - year contract, ending a bitter dispute with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over school reforms that prompted the first strike of city teachers in 25 years.

That option is not available in public education, at least not without disruption on a scale that would dwarf the fallout of even the most bitter teachers» strike.

According to research gathered under the auspices of the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K - 12 Education, the charter story was even bigger than the teacher union story, despite the recall election drama in Wisconsin and the bitter strike in Chicago.

Leaders of the teacher unions warn, however, that the strikes that do occur may be long and bitter.