Chicago Teachers Go on Strike.

This article discusses a decision by 26,000 teachers in the Chicago Teachers Union in Illinois to go on strike due to negative contract negotiations with the local public school system. Topics include the national debate over the best way to evaluate, pay, and fire teachers, the potential for a long strike to impact U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, and the reaction of local parents to the strike.