Across the country in cities like Dallas, Atlanta, and Lynchburg parents like me are facing worse than warning letters -- they're facing hundreds of dollars in fines and jail time if the fines aren't paid.

The 404,000 mostly low-income students are either at home, at one of the 144 schools still open (like the charter schools), or at a non-profit center's strike camp.

No one can say how long the strike will last because to end, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel must find some way to resolve these critical issues:

And we need this because . . . ?