TY - BOOK AU - Ashby,Steven K. AU - Bruno,Robert TI - A fight for the soul of public education: the story of the Chicago teachers strike SN - 9781501704918 AV - LB 2844.47 A823f 2016 U1 - 331.88 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Ithaca, London PB - ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press KW - Strikes and lockouts KW - Teachers KW - Illinois KW - Chicago KW - Education and state KW - Political activity N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 ER -