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Want to know how much your local school superintendent makes?
Check this page out: http://www.cdobs.com/archive/tank/top-100-school-administrator-salaries,056/
Of this list of 100 superintendents from 2007, it’s notable that 8 make over $300,000.
The question is this: Of your tax dollars, how much is going to pay superintendents and other
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How much do Chicago Public Schools employees make?
Ever been curious to see how much YOU pay CPS employees in salary and benefits? Well, here’s a place where you can satiate your curiosity: http://www.cps-humanresources.org/Employee/salschedules.htm
This isn’t true salary transparency–it’s lacking names and positions–but it is a step…
“Who’s Posting?” list updated
We’ve updated our “Who’s Posting Expenditures in Illinois?” list today to include the Highland Park D133 school district and the Naperville Park District. View all of the government entities that are posting their check registers online here. Also,
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“Who’s Posting?” list updated
We’ve updated our “Who’s Posting Expenditures In Illinois?” to include Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District #4. We have also included links to the relevant pages on all entities that are already online. Those entities that have voted but…
The Right to Know…Or Not?
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was a great step forward for citizens as they sought to learn about the behavior of their government and hold it to account. FOIA allows people to request certain types of information from government…
“Who’s Posting?” list updated
We’ve updated our “Who’s Posting Expenditures In Illinois?” to include Oswego Community Unit School D308 and Proviso Township High School D209. Check out the full list here.
Top salary for a Naperville public servant? $233,775.
Tim Waldorf of the Naperville Sun is shedding some light on the salaries of top paid public employees in Naperville. Also of interest is the comparison of the top paid employees of Dupage County and Will…
An Open Letter on Transparency by Kate Campaigne
I wrote this letter in the beginning of August 2008 to all public school districts in Illinois after discovering a new Illinois School Code (105ILCS5/10-20.40) requiring school districts to post all contracts over $25,000 on their websites. I wanted to…
Socialism…in America?
John Biver of championnews.net has a great article this week on how increasing funding for public education does not result in higher student achievement.
He quotes Peter Brimelow, author of The Worm in the Apple, in a statement…
“Who’s Posting?” list updated
We’ve updated our “Who’s Posting Expenditures In Illinois?” to include the Village of Brookfield and Waukegan Community Unit School D60. Check out the full list here.
