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Tag: teacher pay

Teacher shortages not as severe in suburban Cook schools

Teacher shortages not as severe in suburban Cook schools

— March 5, 2021

A shortage of teachers in Illinois public schools isn’t quite as severe in the suburban Cook County districts that participated in a new study from a regional superintendents group….

  • West central Illinois schools report worst teacher, substitute shortages in state

    West central Illinois schools report worst teacher, substitute shortages in state

    — March 5, 2021

    SPRINGFIELD — A shortage of full-time and substitute teachers reported throughout Illinois is worse in the west central region than anywhere else in the state, according to a new…

  • Metro East region turns to substitutes amid growing teacher shortage 

    Metro East region turns to substitutes amid growing teacher shortage 

    — March 5, 2021

    Editor’s Note: Belleville News-Democrat education reporter and Report For America corps member Megan Valley contributed to this story. SPRINGFIELD – Hiring teachers is even more…

  • Leavitt: The quiet heroism of paying your taxes

    Leavitt: The quiet heroism of paying your taxes

    — June 19, 2019

    The inspiring tale of the Napa, California boy of 9 who used his accumulated $75 allowance to bail out the lunch debt of his less-fortunate schoolmates burned up the interwebs recently….

  • Teachers call for raising salary cap, union says 3% limit too low

    Teachers call for raising salary cap, union says 3% limit too low

    — May 27, 2019

    SPRINGFIELD — The state’s largest teachers’ union on Wednesday, May 22 called on Illinois lawmakers to lift a state-imposed cap on the size of pay raises they can receive, saying…

  • Rural locations, pandemic worsen educator shortages in McLean region

    Rural locations, pandemic worsen educator shortages in McLean region

    — March 5, 2021

    Editor’s Note: Lee Enterprises reporters Lenore Sobota, Kelsey Watznauer and Lyndsay Jones of The Pantagraph in Bloomington; Valerie Wells of the Herald & Review in Decatur; and…

  • Pritzker signs bill phasing in $40K minimum teacher pay

    Pritzker signs bill phasing in $40K minimum teacher pay

    — August 24, 2019

      SPRINGFIELD — Some teachers in Illinois will get a pay raise starting next year, thanks to a bill that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Thursday, Aug. 22. House…

  • Senate advances bills aimed at addressing teacher shortage in Illinois

    Senate advances bills aimed at addressing teacher shortage in Illinois

    — June 4, 2019

    SPRINGFIELD — A pair of bills aiming to address the state’s teacher shortage passed the Illinois Senate on May 31. Both bills were sponsored by Sen. Andy Manar, a Bunker Hill Democrat….

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