Monday, September 10, 2012

CHICAGO TEACHERS WALK OUT, TURN DOWN 16% PAY RAISE

Turn Down $400 Million Deal, 16% Pay Raise - Chicago Sun-Times ◼ Via Drudge
How Much Do Chicago Public School Teachers Make? Highest Average Salary In Nation: Average $76,000 per year before benefits - Chicago CBS Local
Chicago Bled Dry by Striking Teachers’ Unions - John Fund/National Review
SOME SCHOOLS OPEN -- BUT JUST TO SERVE FREE MEALS - CNS News
400,000 STUDENTS UNLEASHED - NBC Chicago

Chicago teachers make an average of between $69,470 and $76,000 per year, second highest to New York City. Vitale said the deal CPS put on the table includes a 16 percent average salary increase.

Teacher retirement costs will consume 50% of education funding Chicago receives from state by Fiscal Year 2014 - illinoispolicy.org
Cops Pour Onto Streets to Deal With 'Unsupervised Kids' - NBC Chicago
GODFATHER (Rahm Emanuel) 'DISAPPOINTED,' VOWS TO END STRIKE - APNews
Rahm's kids' school open; attend elite $25,000-a-year 'lab' - Daniel Halper/Weekly Standard
25,000 Chicago Teachers Walk Off the Job - Heritage

NOT PRESENT: Obama no comment... - Weekly Standard
79% of Chicago 8th Graders 'Not Proficient in Reading' - CNS News

READING, WRITING, AND PAYCHECKS - Chicago Tribune
Teachers' Strike Roils Families' Lives - NYT
'GODFATHER' LOSES CONTROL - Bloomberg