Recent News & Updates
Crisis in the Classroom
Randi Weingarten on This Week
(August 30,2010)
Arne Duncan, Randi Weingarten and Michelle Rhee discuss education reform.
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No Race to the Top funding for Illinois
Committee chooses other states
(August 24,2010)
The U.S. Dept. of Education (DOE) announced the winners for Race to the Top (RTTT) grants today and Illinois wasn't on the list.
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The latest on Federal Jobs Funding
Special message from State Superintendent Christopher A. Koch
(August 23,2010)
We wanted to share the latest information from Superintendent Christopher A. Koch regarding Illinois' application for its share of the $26 billion Education Jobs Fund bill.
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Stimulus money should be used to rehire teachers and staff
School districts wait to decide
(August 18,2010)
IFT member Joelle Beck was quoted in the New York Times today about being laid off from her teaching job. "When the economy first started going downhill," Ms. Beck said, "I naively told my husband, 'Well, they're always going to need teachers.' '"
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IFT and IEA respond to pension attack
Byrne column is the latest attack by the Tribune
(August 17,2010)
The following editorial was submitted to the Chicago Tribune last week from IFT President Ed Geppert and Ken Swanson, president of the Illinois Education Association. The opinion piece is in response to a column written by the Tribune's Dennis Byrne. The Tribune has not contacted the IFT or IEA about their intent to publish the piece, so we decided to share it here on the IFT Web site.
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