On September 18, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted to end its strike. After seven days of tumultuous protections, the CTU accepted the proposals put forward by the city of Chicago. And there are many things we can think about through this strike. First, many national debates involve this strike. On the surface, the CTU stated that this strike is a labor dispute over job security, so that the fired teachers would be hired based on their seniority pay, merit pay and it kind of surprises me, they wanted to connect from the teacher evaluation of student outcomes such as test scores, just like in China. In some respects, this strike was only part of the battle involving teachers unions and education reformers across the country. It has been a battle over who gets to control schools and classrooms. It is not difficult to discover that the reason why the CTU opposes tying evaluation to student outcomes has a bearing on money. The federal government has suggested financial support of approximately $4.35 billion to implement reforms, particularly those related to improving teacher performance (Hetzner: para. 7). Of course, most states would propose a plan that ties teacher pay to student achievement to get the award, but due to the influence of teachers unions, only 11 states end up with money for this program. In this strike, the fight over teacher evaluation was the main point of a contract dispute between Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and CTU. It is difficult to say whether linking teacher pay to student performance is positive or not. On the one hand, if there is no certain standard to distinguish between low-performing and high-performing teachers, this may protect ineffective teachers from dismissal, but it may lower the motivation to work hard… middle of the paper… . ...will lead to a more powerful union. At the end of this strike on September 18, the CTU House of Delegates voted 98% to 2% to accept the most recent draft contract and suspend the strike. In my opinion, I think the resulting contract is a mixed victory. It can satisfy both Mayor Emanuel and CTU leader Lewis, although there is still much work to be done. This contract gave victories to both parties. It provides annual raises to teachers, increases the length of the school day and allows teachers to be evaluated, in part, on student test scores. The school system would also guide dismissed teachers who have high scores to new schools that could solve the unemployment problem to some extent. References Greenhouse, S. (2010, April 12). The union head has said he will resign. The New York Times. Retrieved May 4, 2014, from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/us/13union.html?_r=0