A key point of contention in the
Chicago Public Schools teachers strike is how teachers will be evaluated. But while teachers and administrators don’t agree on how the evaluations should be done, the two sides couldn’t even agree over whether the teachers could legally walk out based on the issue. Who is right? It depends, independent legal experts contacted Tuesday said. “The best answer I can give you is yes and no,” said Professor Robert Bruno, who teaches labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “You cannot bargain over the inclusion of student test scores” in …
