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CPS makes new salary offer, CTU calls it "unacceptable"
September 05, 2012
By: Sarah Karp

 CTU leadership has consistently said that salary will be discussed in the last stage of contract negotiations, and on Wednesday they revealed that CPS made a new offer. 

It is five days before the Sept. 10 strike date.

CPS officials have given up their hope of getting merit pay or what they call a differentiated pay scale in this contract and they will continue to reward teachers with salary increases for getting more educational degrees, said CTU President Karen Lewis on Wednesday.

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Teachers tell Department of Ed about RESPECT
March 19, 2012
By: Rebecca Harris

Members of the Advance Illinois Educator Advisory Council met with a federal “teacher ambassador” on Tuesday to give feedback on a 12-page draft proposal for the RESPECT Project, a proposed $5 billion grant program for states and districts that aims to sever the links between teacher pay and years of service and broadly restructure the teaching profession.

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For the Record: Teacher Pay
February 14, 2012
By: Lindsay Abbassian

In recent weeks, both CEO Jean-Claude Brizard and Mayor Rahm Emanuel have pointed out that Chicago teachers are among the best-paid in the nation when compared to other large school districts.  Brizard made that point at a Stand for Children town hall last month, and Emanuel reiterated it during an Ask Chicago video town hall on Facebook.    

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In the News: Seeing media bias in ed reform coverage
January 03, 2012
By: Cassandra West

Caroline Grannan, a founding member of Parents Across America, writes a blog post on how many in the media promote stories by corporate education "reformers" while marginalizing those with opposing or dissenting views.

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