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Local School Districts Have To Now Pay Some Additional Teacher Pension Costs
In conjunction with this week’s passage of a state budget for fiscal year 2018, the Illinois General Assembly approved a new law that significantly changes the Illinois Pension Code by creating an optional “Tier III” benefit structure and changing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Board of Education, District 81, education, Illinois, Lincoln Middle School, Roy McCampbell, Schiller Park, Schiller Park School District 81, School District Consolidation, Special Education, Washington School
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Leyden High School District 212 Has Embarked on “the beginning of a historic construction project” Paid for By the Leyden Taxpayers
On May 18th, a ground breaking was held for the construction and renovation project at West Leyden, with additional construction and renovation projects planned for East Leyden. You can follow the construction projects at : East Leyden : … Continue reading
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Tagged Board of Education, education, Illinois, Leyden, Leyden High School District 212, McCampbell, Rosemont, Roy F. McCampbell, Schiller Park, Schiller Park School District 81, School District Consolidation, Special Education, Village of Schiller Park
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Are Grade Centers the Answer for Norridge SD 80 ?
Current discussion to create grade centers in Norridge School District 80 raises a specter that has been debated numerous times throughout our country. The relative benefit of one particular grade configuration over another has been the subject of this … Continue reading
Maybe It’s Time To Discuss the Consolidation of the Norwood Park Township Grammar Schools(SD79,SD80,SD86)
The word of the week is “consolidation”; so lets think about consolidation of the three grammar school districts in Norwood Park Township into one grammar school District. A day does not go by that there is some news regarding the … Continue reading
Schiller Park School District 81 Updates School Calendar
Schiller Park School District 81 has issued an update for everyone regarding changes in the school calendar for 2013-2014. This is the release as follows and can be found at … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Schiller Park School District 81, Social Media, Special Education, Uncategorized, Weather
Tagged 2013-2014 school calendar, 8th Grade Graduation, Act of God Days, education, emergency days, General State Aid, graduation, Kennedy School, Lincoln Middle School, LMS, Schiller Park, Schiller Park School District 81, Schiller Park School District 81 Board of Education, school calendar, Washington School
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Tips to be the best advocate for special needs children
Posted in Autism, Education, Schiller Park School District 81
Tagged advocates, education, FAPE, IEP, Special Education
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ALEC’s Extensive Plans for Education Restructuring in Your State
Posted in Education, Finance, News, Taxation, Uncategorized
Tagged ALEC, education, junkets, legislatures, restructuring
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Why San Diego Is the Best Urban District in the Nation
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Something magical is happening in San Diego. It is a good school district. Teachers and administrators and the school board are working towards common goals. San Diego, in my view, is the best…
Posted in Education, Uncategorized
Tagged education, SanDiego, school district., superintendent, top rated
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Leyden and Norwood Park Townships Need To Seriously Consider School District Consolidation
One of the maddening aspects of the state’s ongoing financial crisis is that some obvious long-term solutions are rarely considered. One solution to the massive tax collections by state and local government is to reduce the number of local governments. … Continue reading →