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Chicago school talks fail again

First teacher walkout in 25 years will go into a second day

By DON BABWIN AND SOPHIA TAREEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: September 11, 2012 at 5:41 a.m.

SITTHIXAY DITTHAVONG
Credit: AP
A woman pushes a stroller past public school teachers picketing outside Amundsen High School in Chicago on Monday. The school is one of more than 140 schools in the Chicago Public Schools’ Children First contingency plan, which feeds and houses students for four hours during the teachers strike started by the Chicago Teachers Union.

For the first time in 25 years, thousands of Chicago teachers walked off the job Monday, escalating a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and job security and forcing parents to scramble for somewhere to send idle children.

Parents Standing With Teachers in Chicago

Thousands of teachers walked off the job in Chicago's first schools strike in 25 years. The walkout by 26,000 teachers and support staff in the nation's third-largest school district affects almost 400,000 students. (By AP)
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