<blockquote>Still, some Chicago teachers seem to think that they shouldn’t be held accountable until poverty is solved. There are steps we can take that would make some difference, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying some of them — yet the union is resisting.</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/opinion/kristof-students-over-unions.html?_r=1&amp;hp">Students Over Unions - NYTimes.com</a>.
<blockquote>Unfortunately, <a title="A Chicago Tribune report" href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09-11/news/ct-met-teachers-strike-recall-0911-20120911_1_teachers-in-noncore-subjects-cps-teachers-jesse-sharkey">the union in Chicago is insisting that teachers who are laid off</a> — often for being ineffective — should get priority in new hiring. That’s an insult to students.</blockquote>