“Beyond what we put on the table, there is simply no more money,” Ms. Lightfoot said, taking a noticeably harsher tone this week than in the first days of the strike. There is no further excuse to keep our kids out of school.”Of Ms. Warren’s arrival, Ms. Lightfoot suggested that she was unsurprised by it, but that it would not change much for Chicago. “She has her right to come in,” Ms. Lightfoot said. During his presidency, Barack Obama sometimes critiqued teachers’ unions as not focused enough on student achievement, and his administration supported nonprofit charter schools, which are generally not unionized. Leading presidential contenders, including Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren, Mr. Biden and Senator Kamala Harris of California , have all vied for endorsements from teachers’ unions.

Source: New York Times October 22, 2019 14:55 UTC