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The article discusses the Chicago Public School District teachers' strike in Chicago, Illinois in September 2012 over school improvement ideas, particularly noting the effects of proposed changes to teacher evaluations. It addresses disagreements between the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and former chief of staff for U.S. President Barack Obama Karen Lewis. It notes challenges for parents and care givers during the strike.

The article reports that school police systems to be revised in Chicago, Illinois and New York City. Topics include New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the first revision in 20 years to the pact that moves away from a so-called "zero tolerance" approach to one minimizing police intervention in schools, and Chicago's efforts to craft a new school policing agreement, meanwhile, have thus far been conducted mostly behind closed doors.

The article discusses the human cost associated with the major school funding problem of the Chicago school district in Illinois. Topics covered include the resignation of teachers and principals to work in more financial stable school districts, early retirement of some teachers and principals and the factors that contributed to the distrust of the city's school system.

The article discusses the economic conditions of the public school districts of Chicago, Illinois and examines how a plan for teachers' contracts signed by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), aimed at ending a week-long strike in 2012, failed to address long-term financial problems within the district. Issues including education budget cuts, school closures, and educational accountability are discussed and an outline of the proposed CTU teachers' contract is provided. INSET: OUTLINE OF THE DEAL.

The article discusses the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP), a performance-based compensation program for educators in Chicago, Illinois, noting that it does not show higher rates of achievement among students. Chicago school system spokesman Franklin R. Shuftan comments on the way in which the school district has approached TAP and notes that increased student achievement may be a long-term result. The Chicago approach to TAP and decisions regarding incentive payments are also discussed.

The article discusses the possibility of a strike by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) in Chicago, Illinois in September 2012.

The article discusses "Rethinking Teacher Evaluation in Chicago," a study assessing the processes used in the pilot teacher-evaluation system for teachers in Chicago, Illinois, which including administrator evaluations and value-added data, from the Consortium for Chicago School Research.

A news brief is presented on an evaluation by Mathematica Policy Research Inc. of the Teacher Advancement Program implemented in public schools in Chicago, Illinois in 2007. The report showed teachers in the program were more likely to stay at their schools, but that student achievement at those schools was not affected significantly.