The Chicago school system has a deficit of $700 million

[Anonymous]

In any contract dispute, there are two parties and they both have the power to settle the dispute at any time.

I would happily endorse and contribute to a pay package in excess of $100K provided teachers are held accountable for student achievement and success. Developing metrics both parents and teachers can agree to with provisions to reclaim expenditures for failure in achievement seems like the right direction. Otherwise it's like throwing money into a bottomless pit.
It is not the teachers fault schools are closed for summer vacation. So obviously they need an annual wage like everyone else. We are not talking about seasonal farm workers.

With regards to performance based pay, are you also suggesting special education and achools for the kids with disabilities, currently they are made to attend normal school.
And will the teachers be allowed to refuse to teach some students?
Or will the schools have the resources they need to meet the needs of all the students?
I mean, will all the schools be able to offer advanced math, fles, language immersion, remedial math, etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

In any contract dispute, there are two parties and they both have the power to settle the dispute at any time.

I would happily endorse and contribute to a pay package in excess of $100K provided teachers are held accountable for student achievement and success. Developing metrics both parents and teachers can agree to with provisions to reclaim expenditures for failure in achievement seems like the right direction. Otherwise it's like throwing money into a bottomless pit.

It is not the teachers fault schools are closed for summer vacation. So obviously they need an annual wage like everyone else. We are not talking about seasonal farm workers.

With regards to performance based pay, are you also suggesting special education and achools for the kids with disabilities, currently they are made to attend normal school.
And will the teachers be allowed to refuse to teach some students?
Or will the schools have the resources they need to meet the needs of all the students?
I mean, will all the schools be able to offer advanced math, fles, language immersion, remedial math, etc



Of course not! That is why Chicago has magnate schools, language schools, technical schools, math academies, science academies, etc. I believe students may also be bussed to other schools for classes. Say my daughter was in a CPS IB program at one school but she needed advanced calculus or some insanely difficult math class, they would bus her to a math academy or even to UIC.

Read this article about the special education program, which was just overhauled in the last year and has a yearly budget of $850mm: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-03-29/news/ct-met-special-ed-0324-2-20100329_1_special-education-cps-district-spokeswoman-monique-bond

Also, correct me if I am wrong, I thought it was BEST for students with disabilities to attend "normal" school. Those students have aides and attend some separate classes.