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Below are<\/strong>\u00a0links to news stories of interest from\u00a0newspapers that came up during a search\u00a0today.\u00a0\u00a0These links were active at the time of this e-mail, but should you want to save a story, printing it or cutting and pasting the entire article and saving it to\u00a0your computer is recommended.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

State News\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/h2>\n

D-26 reviews union options<\/a>
\nCrystal Lake Northwest Herald \u00a0– attempted to publicly convince teachers to reopen their contracts Monday night \u2013 claiming it could affect as many as 17 jobs. During an emotional meeting, the board approved asking the Cary Education Association about three cost-saving options. Each requested a sacrifice from the union and offered a corresponding level of potential benefits for the district.\u00a0<\/p>\n

D300 cuts 153 teachers :: The Courier News :: Local News<\/a>
\nSuburban Chicago News – The Community Unit School District 300 Board of Educated voted Monday night to release a total 153 teachers \u2013 a $7.6 million reduction in staff.\u00a0 That included a narrow 4-3 vote to lay off 121 first- and second-year teachers to help bridge the school district\u2019s potential budget gap in the 2010-11 school year. Those teachers all are non-tenured members of the district\u2019s teachers union, Local Education Association of District 300 (LEAD).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lincoln-Way teachers union willing to talk<\/a>
\nChicago Daily Southtown – Lincoln-Way High School District 210 teachers union leaders said they would not give up pay raises, but they are willing to talk to school administrators about solving the district’s financial woes. “There’s always room for talk,” Lincoln-Way Education Association president Dan Moore said after issuing a news release Saturday in which he placed blame for the money crisis solely on the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n

School Board looks at $4 million in cuts Reduced state funding anticipated<\/a>
\nWaukegan News Sun – ROUND LAKE — The Round Lake Community School Board is expected to vote next week on a proposed $4 million in budget cuts for next school year.\u00a0 The cuts are a hedge against two likelihoods: that the state will fall short of its funding commitments and, in an unprecedented move, that it will reduce the amount of general aid by at least $600 per-student.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Classroom teachers may be part of Dist. 186 layoffs<\/a>\u00a0 Proposals to cut the Springfield School District\u2019s budget continued to evolve at a crowded Springfield School Board finance committee meeting Monday. Last month, Superintendent Walter Milton proposed eliminating 56 positions, only to clarify later he meant non-classroom teaching positions. As of Monday, however, roughly half the positions to be cut appeared to be classroom-based.\u00a0<\/p>\n

West Richland cuts several teaching positions<\/a>
\nOlney Daily Mail – West Richland School District Board of Education approved cutting several teaching positions and accepted two retirements during a special meeting Friday at West Richland Junior-Senior High School.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

District 205 cuts 78 staff<\/a>
\nGalesburg Register Mail – All the reductions are pending board action on its plan to address the state\u2019s funding shortage. The budget awaiting Gov. Pat Quinn\u2019s approval calls for a 14 percent cut to state education funding. The district hopes its Operation Job\/Program Save \u2014 the expanded version of which also was presented Monday \u2014 will address the funding difference\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Board cuts $4 million from Moline schools to trim deficit<\/a>\u00a0 Fifth-grade music was saved Monday by school board members who largely stuck with nearly $4 million in cuts recommended by Superintendent Cal Lee. \u00a0\u00a0More than 100 people attended the three-hour board meeting at Moline High School; 17 people addressed the board about retaining music programs, decreasing class sizes and other items.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The list: Moline releases more than 100 non-tenured teachers<\/a>\u00a0 Non-tenured staff released Monday night by the Moline School District include:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Schools doing everything it takes to stay afloat, but it’s not enough<\/a>\u00a0 Beacon News – Dan Hoefler is president of the Oswego Education Association Our state economy depends upon a quality public education system. We all benefit from a public education system solidly supported, so that our children’s future as the workforce of the 21st century is ensured.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ready, reset for schools<\/a>
\nBelleville News-Democrat \u2013 Gov. Pat Quinn plans to cut state education funding by 11 percent, or $1.4 billion, which his budget director said could result in the layoffs of 17,000 teachers statewide. But teachers should be the last cut, not the first. Administrative and overhead costs present less disruptive opportunities for savings.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Area school districts already cutting preschool programming<\/a>
\nElgin Courier News – Kane County law enforcement officers’ calls to keep state funding for preschool programs come as area school districts already are preparing to cut those programs because of the state’s failure to deliver funding as promised in the past year. Next school year, Elgin School District U46 plans to shut down one of its three early childhood learning centers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pre-K cuts likely in Illinois school system<\/a>
\nBelleville News-Democrat – the state is squeezing education dollars. And the Roxana School District says with Pre-K funding for next fall uncertain, the program must be canceled now to give effected teachers their required notice. \u00a0”He’d be really disappointed,” says Julie McDonald. “He won’t understand. He’s too young to understand what all this means.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pawnee considers fee-based pre-kindergarten program<\/a>\u00a0 PAWNEE \u2014 The Pawnee Board of Education is considering a fee-based pre-kindergarten program for the 2010-11 school year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

UIC Professor: ‘Our Money May Run Out’<\/a>
\nChicago WBBH (CBS) 2 \u2013 Teachers and students from the University of Illinois at Chicago demonstrated outside the Thompson Center downtown Monday, protesting the state’s cuts to higher education budgets. \u00a0The demonstrators presented a letter to Gov. Pat Quinn’s office asking the state to increase funding.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Political News <\/em><\/h2>\n

Brady: ‘Reform Illinois, remove cloud of corruption’<\/a>
\nQuad Cities Dispatch Argus Leader – ance in the Quad-Cities was part of an eight-city tour with other stops in Rockford, Quincy, Cahokia, Marion, Champaign, Peoria and Bloomington. Asked if school districts can absorb proposed cuts in education funding, Mr. Brady said school districts, “can, and they must to some extent. We’ve called for a $700 million reduction in education funding.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Conservative Brady to appeal on budget issues<\/a>\u00a0 CHICAGO \u2014 Republican Bill Brady insisted Monday that focusing his campaign for governor on cutting taxes and spending will allow him to connect with voters who otherwise disagree with many of his conservative views.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Quinn: Brady the Extremist<\/a>\u00a0 ChicagoNow (blog)\u00a0– ?My administration will provide a clean break from the policies and the politics of the Blagojevich-Quinn administrations that have led to debt, …\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Quinn staff to outline tax, spending proposal<\/a>\u00a0 More information about Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget proposal is coming soon. The Democratic governor’s staff is expected to provide details on the plan Tuesday night in advance of Quinn’s official budget speech Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Key issues await governor in budget speech<\/a>
\nArlington Heights Daily Herald – the governor have bowed to the political pressures on many cuts. But the governor’s budget team has said more than $1.4 billion in education could be cut next year, resulting in nearly 17,000 teacher layoffs statewide. Also possibly on the chopping block would be the $300 million worth of income tax dollars the state shares with local governments.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our Opinion: Budget talking points for Quinn<\/a>\u00a0 GOV. PAT QUINN is set to give his budget speech to a joint session of the General Assembly on Wednesday. If there is to be any hope of starting to extract Illinois from its financial troubles, Quinn\u2019s address needs to be focused and solution-oriented.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Daley accuses Quinn of double cross<\/a>
\nChicago Daily Southtown – Chicago Mayor Richard Daley accused Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday of a political double cross regarding the governor’s proposal to cut about $300 million from the share of state income tax revenue that goes to towns. Daley said that, just weeks before the Feb. 2 primary election, Quinn went before the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and pledged that the towns’ share would remain at 10 percent.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Daley Reiterates Support for Quinn, Disdain for Budget Proposal<\/a>\u00a0 Chicago Public Radio\u00a0– ? Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is reiterating that he does indeed support Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. That’s a day after he criticized the governor’s proposal …\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Theft of millions goes unnoticed<\/a>\u00a0 Phil Kadner – Dan Hynes is in charge of collecting reports for tax increment financing districts in Illinois but apparently doesn’t bother to look at them.\u00a0 The state comptroller’s office each year receives hundreds of financial reports on TIF districts, which provide substantial tax breaks to foster economic development. A district’s account can contain millions of dollars in revenue generated by business growth within its borders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Legislative Leaders Mix<\/a>
\nPeoria Journal Star – Legislative leaders discuss the issues of the day with area leaders during the during the Heart of Illinois Legislative reception at the Hotel Pere Marquette Monday night. \u00a0\u00a0Joyce Francis with the Illinois Education Association, right, holds state Rep. Jehan Gordon, D-Peoria, on Monday as they talk about Gordon’s mother, Annie Jo Gordon, who died in December.\u00a0<\/p>\n

National News <\/em><\/h2>\n

Why one-size-fits-all education doesn’t work<\/a>\u00a0 Boston Globe\u00a0– \u00a0MASSACHUSETTS AND Rhode Island were two of the 16 finalists named this week<\/a> in the Obama administration\u2019s \u201cRace to the Top\u2019\u2019 competition<\/a> for a share of $4.3 billion in education \u201cstimulus\u2019\u2019 funds. Those that made the cut have agreed to embrace policies favored by the administration, such as higher caps on charter schools and tying teachers\u2019 raises to performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WHY WE MUST FIRE BAD TEACHERS – In no other profession are workers so …<\/a>\u00a0 SanFranciscoSentinel.com\u00a0– The teachers’ unions\u2014the National Education Association (3.2 million members) and the American Federation of Teachers (1.4 million members) are major …\u00a0<\/p>\n

Letters from Lawmakers and RTT Finalists<\/a>\u00a0 National Journal (blog)\u00a0– The Education Department provided me with a list of lawmakers that sent Secretary Arne Duncan letters of support for their state’s Race to the Top application. With all of the scrutiny over how the finalists were selected, and the emphasis on achieving stakeholder buy-in, I thought it would be interesting to gauge the relationship between lawmakers’ letter writing and the finalists.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

TIME.com Today’s Top Stories<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Can Lindsey Graham Help the White House Reach a Deal on 9\/11 Trials?<\/a>\u00a0 Caught short on civilian trials for terror suspects and closing Guantanamo, the Administration is negotiating with the GOP Senator. But it’s not clear he can deliver\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Israelis and Palestinians: Agreeing to Talk \u2014 and to Fail<\/a>\u00a0 Neither side believes that indirect talks being initiated by the U.S. will bring peace, but each will try to use their failure to its advantage\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Russia’s Erin Brockovich: Taking On Corporate Greed<\/a>\u00a0 Alexei Navalny is a unique type of opposition figure in Russia. He believes the most effective way to challenge the ruling class is not through elections, but by acquiring stock\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Did the Dubai Assassination Really Help Israel?\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 While all the signs point to Mossad as the perpetrator and the Israelis are hardly denying it, the killing of a top Hamas operative may have caused the Israelis problems on other fronts\u00a0<\/p>\n

When Goods Get Traded, Who Pays for the CO2?<\/a>\u00a0 The carbon equation isn’t as straightforward as we might think. Scientists find that rich nations are essentially outsourcing some of their carbon emissions to developing nations through global trade<\/p>\n

Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 9, 2010<\/em><\/h1>\n

sachet<\/strong> \\sa-SHEY\\, noun<\/em>:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> A small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
\n2.<\/strong> Also, sachet powder<\/em>, the powder contained in such a case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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