No Dough For "Lousy" Principals
Meeks is out, "lousy" principals must be replaced (good ones get extra money), and it's cold out. That's the education news of the day. I still want to hear how PD went yesterday, and whether you've seen Brizard out and about apparently he's doing meetings with all sorts of groups and schools. The Rev. James Meeks won't run for re-election to state Senate Sun-Times: In 2008, Meeks led a highly publicized boycott of Chicago's public schools that included protests at New Trier High School, which ended with another promise from Blagojevich to talk about the state of education funding in Illinois. As Chicago launches bonus pay for principals, studies show no impact on student achievement WBEZ: Merit pay is a hot topic in education right now. WBEZ checked in with one of the country’s foremost researchers on the issue to put Chicago’s new principal bonus program into context. $20,000 bonuses possible for Chicago principals CBS2: Principals will be able to earn $5,000, $10,000,
