As summer winds down, what’s up with teacher pensions?
Some schools that are on a year-round schedule are back in session this morning.
Many suburban districts, including my own, are back in session in two weeks.
By the day after Labor Day, everybody will be back at work.
Except for the 1,000 teachers that Rahm Emanuel laid off, I mean redefined, this summer.
When last we looked at what was going on in Springfield, we had beaten back the plan of Republican House Leader Tom Cross, Democratic Speaker Mike Madigan and Civic Committee President Ty Fahner to destroy teacher pensions.
Thousands of emails, letters and phone calls flooded the offices of Illinois General Assembly members in an