The Chicago Teachers Union has rejected Chicago Public Schools officials' offer of a 2 percent raise for elementary school teachers in exchange for a longer school day starting in January. Emanuel to hold two budget hearings next weekMayor Rahm Emanuel will host two meetings next week where Chicagoans will get a chance to tell him how to close the city's $635.7 million... Illinois DCFS chief steps downThe chief of Illinois’ child welfare agency for the last five years is stepping down at the end of next month, saying that the state... |