While most of the Chicago media seems focused on a handful of school consolidations and whether kids should be allowed to bring their own lunch to school there are big things going on statewide: First and foremost among these is the effort to revamp the state evaluation and tenure process for teachers, and the possibility of a strike ban being adopted (and a longer day for Chicago schools) - a mixed bag of improvements and pet issues whose ultimate form is not known. Stand IL pushed hard for similar legislation in December only to be beaten back pretty easily. However, its PAC brought in $3.5 million in the last quarter of 2010, setting it up for even more influence in the upcoming months. There was premature word of an agreement on
