As bad as things are in Mayor Bloomberg's New York, they're looking even worse in Chicago. Fred Klonsky
highlights the offer teachers over there are looking at. Here it is:
■ A 2 percent raise in year one.
■ A pay freeze in year two.
■ Raises based on “differentiated pay’’ in years three to five. A joint district-union committee, to be seated in January, would decide how “differentiated pay” would work but it could reward teachers of high-need subjects, in high-need schools, or in teacher leadership positions, or those who rate highly in a new teacher
