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Posts tagged Illinois Teacher Shortage
Sic transit annus horribilis
It was a very dark year, but not without glimmers of hope for the future
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Ted Cox2020 Year in Review, Annus Horribilis, Lorado Taft, Graceland Cemetery, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump Impeachment, Kamala Harris, Lauren Underwood, Jim Oberweis, Sean Casten, Jeanne Ives, Dick Durbin, Illinois Teacher Shortage, IDES, Illinois Insulin, Women's March Chicago, Rod Blagojevich, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery, Fair Tax Amendment, Thomas Kilbride, Michael Frerichs, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, Anna IL, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Recreational Marijuana, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis Revenue, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis, Angela Jackson, John Prine, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Coney Barrett, Bruno the Bear, U.S. Census, COVID-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19 Vaccine
COVID threatens statewide teacher crisis
IEA poll finds almost a quarter of teachers across state are considering retirement in pandemic
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois Education Association, Kathi Griffin, Illinois Teacher Shortage, IEA, Mariah Klein, Pamela Kramer, Illinois Department of Public Health, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois State Board of Education
Gov. Pritzker: The first year
A balanced bipartisan budget, legal weed, $15 minimum wage, $45B capital plan, RHA, pension consolidation, education funding, fair tax…
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Kelly Cassidy, CCAP, Illinois Teacher Shortage, Donald Trump, Illinois Minimum Wage, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Bill Brady, Reproductive Health Act, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Illinois Sports Betting, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Gun Control, Illinois Smoking Age, Illinois Pension Reform, Sterigenics
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
Better training could reduce teacher shortage
Economic Policy Institute finds teachers need to learn from other teachers
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Ted CoxIllinois Teacher Shortage, Teacher Shortage, Economic Policy Institute, IEA, Teacher Training, Emma Garcia, Elaine Weiss, Andy Manar, Kathi Griffin, Illinois Public Education
One Illinois is 1
A new guv, a new fair tax, and a new record cold temperature: looking back on our first anniversary
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Income Tax, M.K. Pritzker, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Sports Betting, Illinois Teacher Shortage, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Infrastructure, Illinois Capital Bill, Harley Clarke Mansion, Great River Tug Fest, IEPA, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO, Lori Lightfoot, Mike Henry, Tyrone Coleman, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Andy Manar, Carlinville High School, Chicago Urban League, Rich Krueger
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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