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Posts tagged Illinois Teachers
Study praises union teacher contracts for improving education
But UIUC-ILEPI report also faults Illinois for poor state funding
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Ted CoxIllinois Teachers, Illinois Teacher Salary, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Education, Illinois Education Funding, Robert Bruno, UIUC, Project for Middle Class Renewal, ILEPI, Frank Manzo IV, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Jill Gigstad, Kathi Griffin, Evidence-Based School Funding, J.B. Pritzker
Paraeducators seek recognition with teachers
Elgin’s Tina Pizzitola decries ‘ignorance of who we are and what we do’
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Ted CoxParaeducators, Illinois Teachers, Illinois Education Association, National Education Association, Tina Pizzitola, Sara Moeller, Elgin U-46 School District, Paulette Rogers Gumbus, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Mitch McConnell
Pritzker signs $40K minimum teacher salary
Raise will affect 8,000 positions and help address statewide teacher shortage
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Kathi Griffin, IEA, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Education Funding, Illinois Education, Andy Manar, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Illinois Teacher Shortage, Illinois Teachers, Jen White, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Bentley Stewart, Dan Cox, Katie Stewart, Illinois Property Taxes
Teacher shortage worse and getting worser
New IARSS President Mark Klaisner suggests short-term fixes and long-term solutions
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Ted CoxMark Klaisner, Kathi Griffin, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Public Education, Illinois Association of Regionals Superintendents of Schools, IARSS, IEA, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Education Funding, Illinois Education, Illinois Teachers, Illinois Teacher Shortage, Illinois Teacher Salary, Andy Manar, ISBE, Illinois State Board of Education
Teacher shortage 'is real, large, and growing'
State Sen. Manar moves package including hike in minimum salary to $40K
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Manar renews push for $40k teacher minimum salary
Senate committee advances bill after veto last year by Gov. Rauner
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Teachers put in the work — outside class
Lorna Stowers holds down three outside jobs to make ends meet when she’s not teaching English at Bond County Community High School in Greenville
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Ted CoxWorking Families, Education, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Teacher Shortage, Illinois Teachers, Bruce Rauner, Lorna Stowers, Bond County Community High School, Kaskaskia College, Beowulf, Macbeth, Frankenstein, Epic Hero, Epic Poems, Teacher Salaries
Teachers rip Rauner for vetoing minimum salary
Gov. Rauner vetoed a bill that would have hiked the Illinois minimum teacher salary to $40,000
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