(Video: Sept. 10, 2012 by Josclynn Brandon and Angelica Robinson)
Twenty-nine
thousand Chicago Public Schools teachers didn't report to the classroom, but to
a picket line on Monday as they went on strike over wages, classroom sizes and
many other issues.
Their
message throughout the day -- from a downtown rally in front of the CPS
headquarters to picketing neighborhood schools --- was a consistent one.
Imagine
walking into a crowded classroom without enough desks for students. There is
floor seating or standing room only.
Imagine
classroom temperatures reaching nearly one hundred degrees. This is because the
classroom is without an air-conditioner. Imagine trying to educate the
students—but without enough books or other resources to go around.
For
many faculty and students at Chicago Public Schools, this is their reality,
teachers said.
