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As Chicago launches bonus pay for principals, studies show no impact on...
Chicago Public Schools is offering its principals bonuses—as much as $20,000—for exceptional improvement in student test scores.Merit pay is a hot topic in education right now. WBEZ checked in with one...
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Chicago principals say they operate under 'gag order'
Chicago is pushing major changes to its schools—re-staffings, reorganized budgets, new charters. Through it all, Chicagoans have rarely heard from the people running the schools—the principals....
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Custodial contract causing problems at start of school year
It’s one of those jobs that you don’t really notice, until it’s not done.Dave Belanger knows firsthand. He once worked as a part-time, fill-in janitor for extra income early in his teaching...
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Schools CEO: privatizing janitorial services not 'as smooth as we would like'
Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett admitted Monday that turning over management of school janitors to two private companies hasn’t been going very well.“Obviously it has not been as smooth...
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CPS: School budgets reflect dire finances
Chicago Public Schools is releasing budget information to principals today, and it isn’t pretty.There are 654 schools in CPS and 416 --two thirds of them--will deal with smaller budgets, district...
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