Parents seek place for children as Chicago teachers go on strike

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

CHICAGO -- For the first time in a quarter-century, Chicago teachers walked out of the classroom Monday, taking a contract dispute over evaluations and job security to the streets of the nation's third-largest city -- and to a national audience -- less than a week after most schools opened for fall.

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