A few notes:

• Erin Gloria Ryan shows three stupid ways to discuss the Chicago Teachers’ Strike. [Jezebel]
• The support / disapproval of the strike seem to lie across racial lines. If you’re surprised, read this. [The American Prospect via Alexander Russo]
• Remember when the terms “liberal” and “progressive” were synonymous? These five prove the shift. [Truth Out]
• Fathers really matter when it comes to children, and not in the ways you think. [New York Times]
• Which UPenn, Penn State, Dickinson grad said that elite, smart people will never be conservative? Rick Santorum, of course. [Gawker]

“If you take away collective bargaining rights, you inevitably create problems. There is no way to work out your differences. So, when Senate Bill 7 created a new threshold for strike authorization and limited the right to strike to salary and benefits, it didn’t take being a genius to have predicted a strike in Chicago. Both sides even say that they are close to an agreement on money issues. But the problem is that if the CTU leadership says okay to the salary and benefits that the board has offered then negotiations are over because the board can refuse to discuss evaluations, job assignments or class size. That’s the law.”

– Fred Klonsky