CTU attorney on tentative agreement(videos's)

Robert Bloch, attorney for the Chicago Teachers Union, comments on the status of a tentative agreement between Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union. Video by Ellen Hirst. (Posted on September 14th, 2012.)

Raw video: CPS chief education adviser addresses media

Barbara Byrd-Bennett, CPS chief education adviser, addresses the media Friday morning outside of the Hilton. No one from the CTU spoke before the start of negotiations Friday. (Posted on: Sep. 14, 2012)

Parents for teachers march in Logan Square

Hundreds of CPS teachers, students and their supporters rally for teachers at the Logan Square monument on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. (Antonio Perez, Chicago Tribune) 

Striking teachers rally in Congress Plaza

Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters rally in Congress Plaza on South Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago on September 13, 2012. (Alex Garcia, Chicago Tribune)

Three generations of striking teachers

Chicago Public school teacher Keelin Mayer brings her 1-year-old daughter, Opal, to the Chicago Teachers Union picket line on Sept. 13, 2012. Keelin participated with her mother, also a teacher, during the last Chicago teachers' strike in 1987.