Articles filed under School Districts

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  Does it matter if districts cover teacher contributions? Apr 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  Illinois teachers are supposed to put 9.4 percent of their salaries toward their pensions. Yet teachers in at least 27 suburban school districts have some or all of their retirement contributions paid on their behalf by the district. But it's not as nefarious as it sounds. Those districts are among about 600 school districts or education cooperatives across the state that provide a similar benefit, according to an annual salary study by the Illinois State Board of Education.
  

   
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  What would teacher pension shift do to your taxes?Jan 16, 2013 12:00 AM
  How much would it cost average suburban homeowners to have the state's pension obligations for teachers shifted to them? It turns out, about $160 more a year, an analysis shows.
  

   
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  Average suburban teacher salaries: from $47,624 to $116,044 Nov 14, 2012 12:00 AM
  The gap between the suburbs' highest- and lowest-paid teachers is cavernous: Teachers in Maine Township High School District 207 top the list with an average teacher salary of $116,044. But teachers in Emmons Elementary District 33 in far Northwest suburban Antioch average $47,624, according to a Daily Herald study of state school report card data from 91 school districts in the North, Northwest and West suburbs.
  

   

• Editorial: Learning to eat our fruits and veggiesJul 20, 2012 12:00 AM
  A Daily Herald editorial lauds a statewide school program that offers fresh fruits and vegetables to low-income students, but the battle to get kids to eat them continues.
  

   

• Stop the pension penalty insanityApr 16, 2012 12:00 AM
  A 2005 law required school district's taxpayers to fund penalties to the state's pension system if the district granted raises of more than 6 percent annually. The Daily Herald first reported that suburban school districts were paying big penalties two years ago. Despite knowing since 2005 and despite having a spotlight pointed at it in 2010, suburban school boards still are forcing taxpayers to fund penalties. A Daily Herald editorial says this practice simply must stop.
  

   

• Cary schools lead in ending pension perk Nov 7, 2011 12:00 AM
  A Daily Herald editorial lauds Cary District 26's groundbreaking contract agreement that cuts back perks taxpayers can no longer afford -- and calls on other districts to follow
  

   

• Qatar sets August marine crude at $105.60 a barrel Sep 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Australian standoff ends; 1 in custody, girl safe Sep 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  A man who marched into a Sydney law office with his daughter and said he had a bomb in his backpack was taken into custody Tuesday after a tense, 12-hour standoff with police.
  

   

• Trains Collide in Istanbul, Passengers Injured, Anatolia Says c.2011 Bloomberg NewsSep 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Kenya shilling gains for first day in four on bank meeting betsSep 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Russian foreign minister to meet assad’s aide Saaban in Moscow Sep 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Perry Accused of Distorting Election Map as Texas Trial Begins c.2011 Bloomberg NewsSep 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• US civilian killed in Afghanistan Sep 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Italians protest austerity Sep 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Texas Cools in Five-Day Outlook, Heat Returns Later, Rogers Says c.2011 Bloomberg NewsSep 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Russia vows ‘red hot iron’ for police guilty of lawyer death Sep 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Sudan fighting forces 20,000 people to flee to ethiopia Sep 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Nigeria arrests six alleged Boko haram members over bombings Sep 6, 2011 12:00 AM
  Nigeria’s State Security Service said it arrested six members of the Boko Haram group in connection with two bombings that killed 15 people in Suleja, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital, Abuja.
  

   

• Teacher unions care deeply about kids Apr 18, 2011 12:00 AM
  The IEA helps facilitate the ability of teachers to work with school districts and with parents to provide a quality education for students. IEA is its members. We are your neighbors, friends and, most importantly, your children’s teachers.
  

   

• Illinois leads way in education reform Apr 17, 2011 12:00 AM
  Is the state Senate's education reform package perfect? Probably not. But it will pave the way for a better system for our schools and, in the end, help get the best teachers in the classrooms. And that’s what is important.