stoptheaclu.com - 1/18/2009
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-By Warner Todd Huston
In these tough financial times it is no surprise that school districts all across the country are crying poor and some of them probably even are. Corners are being cut, positions go unfilled by new applicants, budgets are cut; it is an everyday occurrence these days. ...
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Illinois Self-Fashioning [Dan Collins]
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It’s an O. Henry story about an Illinois school bureaucrat who created a lucrative position in the district and had it bestowed upon . . . himself. I love it when people pull themselves up by their bootstraps: Illinois is well known for far exceeding other states where it concerns lucrative salaries for administrators and top teachers, too. As Bill Zettler of Champion News reports, there is no recession in Illinois public schools with salaries from $100,000 a year and up have increased 17% over last fiscal year. While the rest of us struggle to make ends meet and put off our ...
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