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Title: Seeking Allies, Teachers’ Unions Court G.O.P., Too Date: Sept, 24, 2012

*Author:* Motoko RIch

*Summary:* The strike by public school teachers in Chicago this month drew national attention to a fierce debate over the future of education and exposed the ruptured relationship between teachers’ unions and Democrats like Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Over the past few years, even as Republicans have led efforts to thwart unions, lawmakers previously considered solid supporters of teachers’ unions have tangled with them over a national education agenda that includes new performance evaluations based partly on test scores, the overhaul of tenure and the expansion of charter schoolshttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/charter_schools/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier .

*Link: *http://nyti.ms/Sv7vgp**