Ashby, Steven K., <br/><br/>
A fight for the soul of public education :  the story of the Chicago teachers strike / 
Steven Ashby and Robert Bruno. 
 - 309 p.  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Education reform from Washington to Chicago -- The era of mayoral control begins -- Chicago school teachers and core -- Evaluating teachers and political opportunism -- Senate Bill 7 -- The contract campaign -- Emanuel provokes, teachers prepare to bargain -- The start of 2012 contract negotiations -- A breakthrough and prelude to a strike -- The strike -- Bargaining during the strike and a deal reached. 
<br/><br/> Using interviews, first-person accounts, participant observation, union documents, and media reports, Steven K. Ashby and Robert Bruno tell the story of the 2012 strike that shut down the Chicago school system for seven. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501704918 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Strikes and lockouts--Teachers--Illinois--Chicago.<br/>Education and state--Illinois--Chicago.<br/>Teachers--Political activity--Illinois--Chicago.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB 2844.47  / A823f 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.88