Some of the best reporting and commentary on the Chicago teachers strike:

• “Why I’m Striking,” by Teacher X, a Chicago public school teacher, who notes the irony of saying that it’s just fine for kids to lose 18-25 days out of every school year for unproven standardized testing, but not a few days for a strike.
• Brian Jones salutes the striking teachers in the New York Times’ “Room for Debate” section.
• Corey Robin on “Liberals Who Hate Teachers Unions” in Jacobin Magazine.
• “Chicago Teachers Push Back Against Neo-Liberal Education Reform,” by Matthew Cunningham-Cook in The Nation.
• Dana Goldstein on the history of teachers unions as a women-led labor movement.
• Mayor Rahm Emanuel was forced to officially deny Nickleback fandom after a 10th grade math teacher, Mike Konkoleski, walked the picket line with a sign alleging “Rahm Emanuel Likes Nickleback.”