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Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday declined to say whether it’s appropriate for faith-based groups that have become vocal public supporters of his controversial education agenda to receive millions of dollars in contracts from his administration. (Tribune)

As job prospects across the state and nation remain bleak for new and laid-off teachers — more than 8,800 Illinois teachers received pink slips in 2010, according to officials — many are finding welcome work as nannies and baby sitters, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune.

Principals learned on Wednesday how they could win a bonus of as much as $20,000 in the coming year, but the head of the principals' group says she doesn’t think the money will do anything to spur better student achievement and that some of her members have already said they are uncomfortable with the program.