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Posts tagged Illinois Education
J.B. budget commits to kids
Budget proposal meets pledge to ‘make Illinois the best state in the nation to raise young children’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Budget, Illinois Working Families, Illinois Education, Illinois Early Childhood Development, Illinois Pensions, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Sports Betting, University of Illinois, Illinois Community Colleges, College Illinois, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Illinois Fair Tax
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
Analysis: 'Scare tax' is right's new boogeyman
Anti-taxers keep imagining nightmare scenarios in attempt to defeat Pritzker ‘fair tax’
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Ted CoxPritzker Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Center Square Illinois, Illinois State Universities, Illinois Education, Illinois Education Funding, Susana Mendoza
Illinois education improves, but not for all
Teacher shortage, racial equity, higher education remain problem areas
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Ted CoxAdvance Illinois, Robin Steans, Will Davis, Jesse Ruiz, Miguel del Valle, Illinois Education, Illinois Education Funding, Illinois Teacher Shortage, City Club of Chicago, Illinois Public Universities
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
School funding remains top education issue, says poll
IEA President Kathi Griffin says Pritzker fair tax is long-term solution
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Ted CoxPDK Poll, Education Funding, Education, Education Week, IEA, Kathi Griffin, Evidence-Based School Funding, Illinois Education Funding, Illinois Education, J.B. Pritzker, Ronald Reagan, Economic Policy Institute, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax
Invest in teachers, education, says state poll
Brutally honest poll conducted for IEA finds Illinoisans think state is on wrong track, but education funding is key way to turn it around
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Ted CoxKathi Griffin, IEA, Bridget Shanahan, Jill Normington, Illinois Education, Illinois Education Funding, Illinois Public Education, Illinois Pensions, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, SIU Carbondale
Pritzker's first budget: 'An honest proposal'
Governor strikes note of ‘humble honesty and bold optimism’ in charting course on ‘the road to normal conditions’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Dan Hynes, Legal Marijuana, Legal Cannabis, Legal Sports Betting, Illinois Income Tax, Progressive Income Tax, Graduated Income Tax, Illinois 2020 Budget, Illinois Budget, Illinois Education, Illinois Higher Education, Early Childhood Block Grants, Illinois Minimum Wage
Manar renews push for $40k teacher minimum salary
Senate committee advances bill after veto last year by Gov. Rauner
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Pritzker takes oath as 43rd governor: New video!
Governor sets ambitious agenda with attitude that ‘a commitment to be kind in politics can change the world’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Kwame Raoul, Susana Mendoza, Greg Harris, Minimum Wage, Education, Education Funding, Illinois Education, Pre-K, Illinois Pensions, Great Chicago Fire, Legal Marijuana, Legal Cannabis, $15 Minimum Wage, Illinois Minimum Wage
Pritzker: 'We are one Illinois'
In Quincy debate, Democrat counters Rauner’s divisiveness with message of statewide unity and optimism
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Grayson "Kash" Jackson, Sam McCann, WGEM-TV, Illinois Political Divide, Illinois Working Families, Progressive Income Tax, Sports Betting, Legal Marijuana, Quincy Veterans Home, Sterigenics, Lisa Madigan, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, Illinois Soybean Growers, Minimum Wage, Illinois Higher Education, Illinois Education, Illinois Education Funding, Andy Manar
Pritzker, Rauner clash in debate
McCann, Jackson elbow way into donnybrook, but incumbent and top challenger hold spotlight
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Ted CoxIllinois Governor Race, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Sam McCann, Grayson "Kash" Jackson, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Gun Control, Education Funding, Illinois Education, Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Taxes
Taxes go straight to private schools
Gov. Rauner's 'tax credit scholarship' program allows millions in state revenue to be diverted to Catholic schools and other private institutions
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Blase Cupich, Kathi Griffin, Illinois Education Association, IEA, Empower Illinois, School Vouchers, Illinois Education Funding, Education, Illinois Education, WBEZ, Linda Lutton
Teachers flunk limit on raises
IEA says new cap on end-of-career raises was 'buried' in budget legislation, will hurt students
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Jim Reed, Kathi Griffin, Dale Fowler, Illinois Education Association, IEA, Illinois Education, Illinois Education Funding, Education, Illinois Pensions
