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CPS hiring better teachers, must do more to keep them Think of the Chicago public school system as a massive tanker barreling along in one direction, propelled by a rigid bureaucracy and buffeted by negative public perception. Read more... SD124 trying to fit supt. profile Consultants submitted a leadership profile for Evergreen Park School District 124's next superintendent, now they just have to find the candidate who fits the profile. Read more... Dist. 10 teachers get new deal Salary changes make district more competitive Read more... Access denied to teachers contract District 186 board will vote before disclosing details Read more... Dist. 204 school named after former principal When Greg Fischer started working in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 in 1972, he was teaching physical education part time while working another job on the side. Read more... Rockford School Board wants action on search firms The district wants a new superintendent for the 2009-10 school year. Read more... Ball-Chatham Board of Education selects new president Patrick Hansen is the new president of the Ball-Chatham Board of Education. Read more... Belleville school board seeks new member The District 201 Board of Education is seeking applications from people interested in filling the open spot on the board since longtime member Sandy Wagner resigned earlier this month. Read more... School officials to discuss superintendent search tonight Rockford School Board members will discuss the future leadership of the district in closed and open session tonight during a board meeting. Read more... Board asked to keep counselor at Glenwood High one more year Allow Glenwood High School guidance counselor David Penk to remain for one more year and then transfer him to another position, junior class president Matt Hartzler and parent Lisa Holquist asked the Ball-Chatham Board of Education Monday. Read more... New principal in Orland SD 135 Orland Park's Jerling Junior High School has a new principal, Pam Hodgson, who will take over on July 1. Read more... Alice Armstrong: Teachers often pay a price if they change districts How does an employer in our capitalist society assemble a talented work force? Read more... Layoffs, school closing to hit cash-strapped Peoria district Officials of Peoria's school district say a $2 million budget deficit in the next fiscal year will lead to the closing of a school and the possible layoff of dozens of workers. Read more... State program tries to fill teacher ranks One class at a time. That's how Denise Kranzer had pursued a teaching career for five years. Read more... Teachers want turnaround try 'FRESH START' | Union says it should get chance to fix 8 schools Read more... 'Outstanding' educator works each day for success of students A Normal-based schoolteacher's road to receiving statewide recognition this month started with a simple statement to her mother when she was a little girl Read more... Mexico, Illinois join to supply bilingual teachers The Mexican government will help Illinois schools recruit Mexican teachers for bilingual classrooms under a new program announced Tuesday during Mexican President Felipe Calderon's visit to Chicago. Read more... Dist. 303 cuts 10 administrators, more will follow The St. Charles school board voted Monday to cut 10 administrator positions at East and North high schools -- the latest step in an ongoing reorganization that is drawing fire from teachers. Read more... Collinsville principal wins state award for his work Eric Flohr was nominated by staff, colleagues Read more... Forum set for McHenry board Dist. 6 race A candidate forum for McHenry County Board District 6 is scheduled at 7 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Marengo Community High School auditorium, 110 Franks Road, Marengo. Read more... Local schools facing shortage of science, math teachers A single job opening at a suburban school can generate dozens -- even hundreds -- of applications. Read more... High school principal selection approved The new principal at Buffalo Grove High School will come from the school's administrative ranks Read more... Principals just the beginning of school reorganization Supreintendent cites need to meet benchmarks Read more... High school shakeup coming A major shakeup of Springfield public high school administrators is in the works. Read more... School District 205 projections show improvement Some Rockford School Board members said Monday that new projections make it appear spending reductions and layoffs won't be necessary, but cautioned no final decision has been made. Read more... School District 205 projections show improvement Some Rockford School Board members said Monday that new projections make it appear spending reductions and layoffs won't be necessary, but cautioned no final decision has been made. Read more... D-47 selects new leader for 2009 School District 47 announced a replacement Monday night for Superintendent Ron Miller, who will retire in June 2009. Read more... Special-ed co-op, teachers at impasse in contract talks An overflow crowd, most of it supporting teachers who believe they are underpaid, is expected when the Special Education Joint Agreement governing board meets Thursday evening. Read more... S. Elgin High's new principal a teamwork fan South Elgin High School's newly named principal aims to incorporate athletic lessons into her academic leadership role. Read more... School superintendent in Preston to retire Paul Tobin will retire at the end of this school year from Preston Community Schools as superintendent and elementary principal, the second time he's retired as a superintendent. Read more... Just one parent shows at U-46 forum First search for ideas on superintendent bare Read more... Board OKs superintendent Before he even becomes superintendent, Tad Everett will save the Sterling School District some money - in moving expenses. His new office is a mere 200 feet away from his old one, so his family will help him box up his stuff and haul it down the hallway, he said. Read more... Approved U-46 teacher contract leaves some unanswered questions Elgin Area School District U-46's recently approved teacher contract has taken a significant step forward in dealing with class sizes and case loads, two of the biggest sticking points in the year-long negotiation process between the Elgin Teachers Association and the district. Read more... Approved U-46 teacher contract leaves some unanswered questions Elgin Area School District U-46's recently approved teacher contract has taken a significant step forward in dealing with class sizes and case loads, two of the biggest sticking points in the year-long negotiation process between the Elgin Teachers Association and the district. Read more... Parents want two Dist. 158 board members to quit Many residents living within Huntley Unit District 158 say they don't want a lot for Christmas. Read more... Pay shortage 'a cheap shot': CPS retirees Former teacher Carolyn Barber originally figured she'd be enjoying her retirement on a beach in Hawaii by now. Read more... Dist. 94 discusses superintendent search School board members at West Chicago Community High School District 94 had their first discussion Tuesday on how to go about replacing Superintendent Lee Rieck when he retires in 2009. Read more... District 200 board boosts benefits for administrators Retirement just got more appealing for six of the highest paid administrators in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200. Read more... School chiefs' pay on sharp curve up School superintendents' average pay in Illinois climbed 23 percent in the last five years, a jump experts said reflects an increasingly competitive market and a number of retirees with big end-of-career raises. Read more... New Lenox school board tries to work out differences The New Lenox School District 122 board will meet twice this week in hopes of resolving differences among members and tightening up its policies. Read more... Mundelein High gets new leader An educator from northwest Illinois will become Mundelein High School's next superintendent, the school board decided Tuesday. Read more... Over 200 CPS teachers certified as 'master' More than 200 Chicago Public Schools teachers were certified as "master teachers" in 2007, the second-highest total of any school district in the country this year, Mayor Daley said Monday Read more... New Lenox teachers union backs superintendent New Lenox school administrators and the school board president have found an unexpected source of public support in their attempts to deal with a school board member who has become the focus of controversy. Read more... U-46 OKs deal for superintendent search Milwaukee-based firm to receive $27,000 plus expenses Read more... Report: State falls short in screening of educators Illinois ranks near the bottom in the nation when it comes to checking teacher backgrounds and yanking the credentials of problem educators, a newspaper analysis shows. Read more... Schools are tested by lack of managers Superintendent openings frustrate many districts Read more... Unit 5 may raise pay, benefits for teacher's aids and assistants Teachers' aides and administrative assistants could get a 4.5 percent increase in salary and benefits and a higher starting salary as part of a proposed three-year contract. Read more... School's open in Dist. 211 today Tonight's vote by the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board of education will determine if the 1,400 members of the teachers union walk out Friday for the first strike in the history of the state's largest high school district. Read more... Vineland school district ends contract dispute with unions The Vineland school district has reached contract agreements with more than 800 employees in two unions, ending district-wide contract disputes that stretched back to early summer, according to Superintendent Charles Ottinger Read more... Six more hours, still no Dist. 211 deal Thursday strike deadline looms as salary remains the sticking point Read more... Web Exclusive: Group shows support for Kankakee H.S. principal Kankakee High School junior Taylor Hines attended a special Kankakee School District 111 Board of Education meeting Monday expecting her principal to lose his job. Read more... 12 hours of talks yield little in Dist. 211 contract negotiations Frustration emerged Monday night after about 12 hours of salary bargaining failed to yield a settlement between teachers and Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211. Read more... 25 Ill. teachers disciplined for sex offenses in 5-year period | No comments posted. They are just three of at least 25 former Illinois educators whose teaching licenses were revoked or suspended due to sexual misconduct over a five-year period. The list, compiled from 2001 to 2005, reveals a litany of loathsome acts ranging from sexual assault to child pornography, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. Read more... Suburban Chicago district adds Ramadan to list of school holidays Hundreds of people showed up at school board meetings. Some complained about the loss of Santa and claimed Muslims were being demanding. A non-Muslim parent yelled ethnic slurs. Police were called. And the woman whose request sparked the controversy said she was threatened with violence. Read more... Teacher alleges age, racial bias in lawsuit against school district CHICAGO - A veteran teacher is suing the East Aurora School District, alleging he was removed from several coaching jobs because of his age and race. Read more... Moment of silence or school prayer? SPRINGFIELD - Sparking a debate over school prayer, Illinois lawmakers voted Thursday to require students to observe a moment of silence at the beginning of each school day. Read more... Get that teacher an apple 'SHE REALLY BELIEVES' | High school dropout with Ivy League education wins $25,000 award for innovative teaching methods Read more... Parents wage 4-year struggle over book HUNTLEY – A Huntley couple has questioned whether a book that includes graphic references to child sodomy and other profane passages is appropriate for Huntley High School freshmen to read. Read more... School boards debate sex offender access A new state law, which took effect Aug. 1, allows sex offenders to be on school property if they are there to vote or attend a public meeting. It does not give them permission to attend extracurricular school activities. That decision rests with school boards. Read more... Texting at school not allowed, but some shirk policy Instead of passing notes as students did for decades, Prairie Ridge High School junior Andrew Shadel uses text messaging to communicate with his peers. Read more... Principal defends hugging crackdown 'Extreme' embraces clog halls, she says Victoria Sharts likes hugs. In fact, the principal of Julian Middle School in Oak Park said she could have used one herself Monday. Her announcement last week asking students to refrain from extreme hugging in hallways sparked a media response that caught... Read more... Demonstrators: Bring back Jefferson principal ROCKFORD -Speaker after speaker told Rockford School Board members on Tuesday night that Kenneth Jackson should be reinstated at Jefferson High School whether he is certified or not... Read more... D-3 fires vegan teacher FOX RIVER GROVE – A District 3 art teacher who school officials said turned his classroom into a forum on veganism and animal rights and then told students to keep it... Read more... Frost Junior High teacher accused of abuse A teacher at Robert Frost Junior High School in Schaumburg has been placed on paid administrative leave while DCFS officials investigate an allegation of abuse brought against him by a staff member... Read more... Principal to accept national award A Flossmoor Catholic school principal will head to the nation's capital next month to be honored as a 2007 National Distinguished Principal by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Association of Elementary School Principals... Read more... Principal not qualified to return Kenneth Jackson failed one test required to maintain his credentials as principal of Jefferson High, didn't take a required basic skills test and didn't submit paperwork verifying experience, according to... Read more... Long road to principal's suspension Since March, teachers union leaders have sent at least 2 letters complaining of grade changes Officials won't say what the new information was because of the ongoing investigation, but it may turn out to be a moot point: Jackson does not have the required certification to be... Read more... Editorial: Weeding out bad teachers Contract contains good things for students Teachers aren't happy about higher health insurance costs in the final years of their new, five-year contract. The Board of Education dropped its demand for a longer school day. But lo and behold, the deal actually contains some good things for ... kids... Read more... Number of absences at Jefferson up threefold Parents keep some home after Wednesday's trouble, but officials say Thursday was quiet. At least 300 desks were empty Thursday at Jefferson High School, the day after uncontrollable lunchroom fights prompted administrators to... Read more... Substitute teacher accused in child porn case BLOOMINGTON - A housekeeper called police after finding pornographic pictures of men and boys while cleaning a substitute teacher's home, prosecutors said Thursday... Read more... Opinion: A time for teaching, a time for preaching Winfield - So Fox River Grove Middle School art teacher Dave Warwak thinks that people shouldn't eat meat ("Vegan views may cost teacher's job; He has held class discussions on diet," Metro, Sept. 7). I don't necessarily agree, but live and let live, right? But I do have a huge problem that he also thinks... Read more... Principal inspires strong support, opposition Kenneth Jackson urges students to return to school today without disrupting classes. Jefferson High School couldn't make it through its first day without tough-as-nails Principal Kenneth Jackson...Without him there Wednesday, Jefferson was in chaos... Read more... Jefferson principal placed on leave over grade changes ROCKFORD -Jefferson High School Principal Kenneth Jackson was placed on administrative leave Tuesday pending an investigation into last year's controversial grade changes... Read more... Editorial: Veganism's new martyr Dave Warwak's campaign to teach his 8th-grade art students about the evils of an omnivorous lifestyle is officially over the top... Read more... Medical leave for U-46's Neale Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Connie Neale will take a medical leave of absence starting Sept. 21, school officials announced Monday... Read more... Vegan teacher threatens to sue school district Fox River Grove Middle School teacher Dave Warwak gave school officials an ultimatum Monday: Go vegan, or I'll sue... Read more... CPS payroll glitches hit retirees 1,600 AFFECTED | Not paid for unused sick time, pension payments too low Movers descended on Marvin Nochowitz's house last week to haul the recently retired Chicago teacher's belongings to a new home in South Carolina he and his wife had saved for. But a CPS computer glitch has thrown his finances into disarray... Read more... Teacher to face officials FOX RIVER GROVE – A middle school art teacher who was removed from his classroom for spreading what parents described as graphic materials about animal cruelty in food production is scheduled to meet Monday with school officials... Read more... Teacher says he was sent home for preaching vegan lifestyle FOX RIVER GROVE- A Fox River Grove Middle School art teacher said he was ousted from the classroom Wednesday for teaching students about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle and the dangers of eating meat. Dave Warwak, 44, said District 3 Superintendent Jacqueline Krause and Middle School Principal Tim Mahaffy told him that... Read more... Why don't more men teach in grade school? Just 9 percent of all elementary school teachers are men Josh Fauser is a whiz at getting a double-knotted shoelace untied. And by lowering his voice an octave, he easily commands the attention of even the most rambunctious crowd. The skills make him popular at Hillcrest Elementary School in Antioch. But despite his status... Read more... Mundelein High looking for new superintendent Board ready to begin search for a full-time superintendent Without a full-time superintendent for the second consecutive school year, Mundelein High School officials are looking to rectify that situation... Read more... Opinion: An inane idea in any language The door at my local Blockbuster video store is labeled "entrance." Right below, for Latinos who might be puzzled, appears the word "entrada."... Where, you ask, does it end? I thought the silliness of stenciling entrada on a door was as far as you could go. Until I saw what was going on at the Waukegan schools. English-speaking teachers are getting involuntarily transferred out of... Read more... DeKalb School Board decides two principals are better than one DeKALB - Brooks Elementary School will start the school year with not one but two new principals. The DeKalb School Board approved by a 6-0 vote Tuesday the sharing of the interim principal position by district retirees Tom Burski and Larry Fullerton for the 2007-08 school year... Read more... Administrator fights firing CPS | Assistant principal was allegedly drunk at seminar Chicago Public Schools officials say they found a disoriented assistant principal stumbling in a school hallway, smelling of alcohol, during a 2005 training seminar... Read more... School moves in ESL called political But ESL officials say pacts unsigned EAST ST. LOUIS ---- When school started Monday, instead of being in the administration building, Karen Cason went to a classroom at East St. Louis Senior High School. Cason, her sister, Roslyn Cason; Roland Coleman; his niece, Sheryl Coleman; Dorcus Jackson, and Luberta Allen -- all former administrators in District 189 -- were reassigned after they... Read more... Schools get creative to lure in substitutes Gone are the days when a substitute teacher might pocket just a shiny red apple as a reward. As students prepare to head back to classes, school districts facing staff shortages are offering even bigger incentives - from gift certificates to job training - in an effort to lure substitute... Read more... State working with Dist. 211 District denies it did wrong, disputes claims in admission case The Illinois State Board of Education said Thursday it has "reached out" to Palatine-Schaumburg School District 211 regarding its residency and enrollment policies... Read more... Program aims to 'grow' new teachers Nontraditional students get aid if they agree to work in District 150 Peoria - It looked like a dead end for Teresa Donley. The single mother from Bartonville obtained an associate's degree from Illinois Central College, hoping to become a teacher... Read more... Probe into missing file on superintendent ends An investigation into the disappearance of former St. Charles School District 303 Superintendent Barbara Erwin's personnel file has ended without charges, officials said Tuesday... Read more... Audit's focus turns to former schools chief The St. Charles school district is expanding its annual audit this year to find out exactly how much it paid former superintendent Barbara Erwin during her three years on the job. Auditors have been told to break down not only how much Erwin was paid in salary, but also... Read more... Board: Fired superintendent shouldn't get benefits The Bremen High School District 228 board is fighting a state board's decision to allow a former superintendent, fired after a video spoof he made became public, to collect unemployment benefits. Richard Mitchell was District 228 superintendent from July 2004 until he was fired in November 2006. His firing came after his video... Read more... Fla. school board clear to offer job to Rockford superintendent ROCKFORD - A flip-flopped vote in a Naples, Fla., board room might wind up costing Rockford its superintendent. For now, Dennis Thompson remains the Rockford School District superintendent. But Thompson is said to be interested in replacing Raymond Baker... Read more... Threat of firing linked to U-46 bias suit? Three U-46 workers suspect ulterior motive in disciplinary action Elgin Area School District U-46 in May placed three longtime computer employees on unpaid leave and threatened them with termination, allegedly for remarks made to co-workers over... Read more... SD 122 administrators get pay hikes Ridgeland School District 122 adopted a salary freeze for some of the district's top-paid employees last week -- shooting down proposals for more than $120,000 worth of raises and other perks for administrators and other nonunion... Read more... Payday long time coming for many Chicago teachers Glitches in new system hold up hundreds of checks Barry Zuckerman stopped working for Chicago Public Schools in June, but for nearly a month he had been waiting for his last paycheck to be deposited in his bank account. Zuckerman, who spent the last year working as a special education teacher at Lincoln Park High School, is among hundreds of teachers... Read more... Superintendent's file missing Police are investigating the disappearance of departing St. Charles Superintendent Barbara Erwin's confidential personnel file from a locked room at... Read more... Rebuilding St. Charles schools' leadership Superintendent wants recovery from turnover among administrators St. Charles schools chief Donald Schlomann has set a 30-day timetable for rebuilding and reorganizing the district's top administrative cabinet after two years of massive turnover.It is expected to be... Read more... DELAVAN: Parent wants teacher's job for head tap DELAVAN - The teacher says she tapped. The parent says she slapped and is pressing charges. Kathy Hilst, a mother of a Delavan Elementary School fifth-grader, says she saw... Read more... Harper principal shown the door CPS | School posted second-lowest test scores this year The principal of the second-lowest scoring high school in the city -- Harper High -- was transferred out of the building Friday, three years after he was hand-picked by... Read more... Web Exclusive: Kankakee school superintendent gets raise Kankakee School District 111 Superintendent Brian Ali will earn... Read more... Dist. 15 janitor to appeal firing A custodian at Willow Bend School in Rolling Meadows who was fired based on footage from a hidden camera is appealing the decision... Read more... |
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