A career teacher can expect to collect $2 million in benefits during his or her retirement.

Many educators are wary of a strike’s hardships and long-term consequences for students, their families and the educators themselves. These teachers can remove themselves from CTU authority and the conflict between union priorities and students’ needs.

Resigning from the union before the potential upcoming strike can protect teachers from union discipline.

For years the left has complained about the influence that money has on politics. And almost without fail, they have focused on money held and used by private businesses. But money is money, whether it comes from companies or some other source, and it can be used to buy political influence, or political office, just...

Karen Lewis basically accused the CPS board and Mayor Rahm Emanuel of racism.