Chicago Teachers Union pays for audit, doesn’t let members see it

By Mailee Smith

10/10/2025

The Chicago Teachers Union is over five years behind in releasing its 'annual' audits, yet its own reporting shows it’s been paying accountants for those audits.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, education

See what your Illinois school district superintendent made in 2024

By Lilly Rossi

10/01/2025

Illinois school district superintendent pay topped out at $537,197 in 2024. See your local superintendent's salary here.

TAGS: education, Illinois, property taxes

4 myths about federal scholarship tax credit program

By Hannah Schmid

09/25/2025

Illinois students could be denied donor-funded scholarships for tutoring and other academic services because opponents are spreading misinformation about how the program works. Here are the facts about four of their fictions.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, education, JB Pritzker

Pension debt limits teacher pay, hurts recruitment in Illinois

By LyLena Estabine

07/09/2025

Money that could help address the teacher shortage is often the first to get cut in pursuit of keeping up with government pension debt. Supporting Illinois teachers will require constitutional pension reform and protecting Tier 2 cost savings.

TAGS: education, pensions

Rockford workforce program lays concrete foundation for young adults

By Lauren Zuar

07/04/2025

As Illinois faces high unemployment, a persistent skills gap and thousands of at-risk youth, Rockford delivers opportunity through a targeted workforce program. It offers a model for other Illinois cities.

TAGS: education, unemployment

July 1 starts Illinois laws on gender-inclusiveness, climate education, prostitution privacy

By Lilly Rossi

06/27/2025

Climate change education, gender inclusiveness, birth certificates, prostitution privacy, court translators and insulin costs all received attention from the Illinois General Assembly. Laws involving them take effect July 1. Plus, the state gasoline tax goes up.

TAGS: education, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, regulations

Vallas: Illinois returning to soft bigotry of low expectations

By Paul Vallas

06/26/2025

Illinois students are not learning, but instead of boosting the quality of education state leaders are trying to lower standards so scores don’t look as bad. Blame it on the Chicago Teachers Union and other teachers unions pushing for less accountability.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, education

Chicago Teachers Union sets more traps to kill charter schools

By Hannah Schmid

06/24/2025

Charter school contracts can be renewed for up to 10 years, but the Chicago Teachers Union has been pressuring for as few as two years. Sowing instability hurts charters and improves CTU’s odds of killing competition for their mediocre product.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, education

‘Homeschool Act’ attacks religious rights of homeschool, private school parents

By Mailee Smith

03/14/2025

House Bill 2827 would require the collection of personal information – including religious affiliation – of private school and homeschool families all over the state. That violates families’ constitutional rights.

TAGS: education, homeschool, private schools

Which teachers’ union affiliate represents your school district?

By Jess Plowman

03/14/2025

Dues money collected by local teachers unions rarely stays local. Instead, money flows up to state or national affiliates, where the priorities are politics and union boss expenses – not representing teachers.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, education, unions

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Chicago Teachers Union pays for audit, doesn’t let members see it

See what your Illinois school district superintendent made in 2024

4 myths about federal scholarship tax credit program

Pension debt limits teacher pay, hurts recruitment in Illinois

Rockford workforce program lays concrete foundation for young adults

July 1 starts Illinois laws on gender-inclusiveness, climate education, prostitution privacy

Vallas: Illinois returning to soft bigotry of low expectations

Chicago Teachers Union sets more traps to kill charter schools

‘Homeschool Act’ attacks religious rights of homeschool, private school parents

Which teachers’ union affiliate represents your school district?

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