Comparing Three of the Same Articles

         This week there has been a lot of talk about what has been going on in Chicago with the teacher strikes. In three different newspapers, I read the same story of how the city of Chicago was planning on ending the strikes. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he would receive a court order to put a halt to the strikes. He said he could do this because this type of strike was against the law. Earlier today, the teachers decided they would keep the strike going throughout this week as well as last week. The teachers are threatening to stay out on the picket lines for as long as they see fit or until they can reach an agreement. The union has commented on the situation and said they need more time to figure out exactly what they would like as part of their contract. At the earliest the teachers are expected to be back on Wednesday, but that is if everything goes as smoothly as the mayor hopes. This has been the first teacher walkout in Chicago in 25 years. To win the support of the parents, the teachers described school conditions as "stifling hot with out air conditioning, low on basic school supplies, and can barely afford things such as basic as toilet paper". The two sides have met and agreed on the teachers having a yearly salary of about 76,000 but this is not the part that is the problem. The teachers are concerned with the evaluations that are supposed to be happening more frequently in the classrooms. They are afraid that the school board may find them an unfit teacher by the academic grades of the class when this may not actually be the case. Hopefully, this strike will be ended soon so the children can go back to school and get the education they so desperately need.

-http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view/20120916chicago_to_seek_order_to_end_teachers_strike/
-http://www.boston.com/news/education/2012/09/16/chicago-teachers-union-continue-strike/yeMGTUxfEgT6txCicpsGpO/story.html
-http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/15/education/optimism-for-a-deal-on-chicago-teachers-contract.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all