Chicago School Rehires English Dept. After Protest From Union And Community

<p>These days it's not often we hear about the triumphs of protest, and union resolve righting an injustice, but in Chicago that is&#160;precisely&#160;what has happened. In August Chicago's Social Justice High School,<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=newssearch&amp;cd=2&amp;cad=rja&amp;ved=0CCwQqQIoADAB&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fmatt-farmer%2Fcps-gets-a-lesson-in-soci_b_1853230.html&amp;ei=iO9RUKzqMeni0gHiwICIAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNH9TXXdHwK5Ht0HhBAY8-9yctmuYQ&amp;sig2=CU1Y6uOnUrcdr_Gr37krnQ" title="Social Justice High School Teachers"> fired two teachers, that were the totality of the school's English department</a>, for &quot;economic reasons&quot;. The community in question is minority and Hispanic. No shocker there, but they reacted in a novel way; they teamed with the teacher's union, threatened to sue, demonstrated and got the teachers reinstated. SJS is giving this community a 5 star social justice rating, they are an example for us all,&#160;especially&#160;social workers.</p> <br />
<p>This comes in the wake of a message of hope that the <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-both-sides-see-progress-as-teachers-strike-reaches-day-4-20120912,0,482612.story" title="Chicago's teacher strike">Chicago teachers strike is over</a>. Regardless,&#160;America&#160;should not be fooled; when education comes into competition with fiscal concerns, American government, and business, is only concerned with our little green friends (Not Martians).</p>