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For the Record: Teacher Incentive Fund Grant
June 25, 2012
By: Rebecca Harris

Disagreement with the Chicago Teachers Union over merit pay has apparently scuttled a $34 million federal merit pay grant that CPS won in fall 2010. Even so, the district’s recently released grant application provides a blueprint of CPS’ plans to use merit pay to address ongoing issues with teacher quality and retention.

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Emanuel unveils performance pay for principals
November 09, 2011
By: Sarah Karp

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.

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