Rauner E-mail Called Chicago Teachers Illiterate, Principals Incompetent
(Photo: Steven Vance, Creative Commons) Emails released by Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration under a court order show that Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner told some of the wealthiest and most influential civic leaders in Chicago that half of public school teachers there are “virtually illiterate” and half of the principals are “incompetent.” The emails were sent five […]
Illinois Gov Rauner, Lawmakers Spar Over Education Funding
(Photo: theHCD) The Illinois State Board of Education has released its analysis of Governor Rauner’s education funding proposal — a plan that calls for increasing school funding by $ 120 million, which would fully fund the general state aid instead of prorating it as has happened for the past seven years. The total budget for schools […]
Illinois Gov Rauner Creates Children’s Cabinet as Budget Woes Persist
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) has announced a newly established “Children’s Cabinet” for the purpose of improving the welfare of Illinois children. Rauner made a stop at a school just outside Springfield to sign a governing mandate that established the “Governor’s Cabinet on Youth and Children.” The plan is to streamline education and other services of the state […]