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Teachers, Unions, and Transparency
From S.T. Karnick at The American Culture:
In case you missed it, LA Times reporters Jason Felch, Jason Song and Doug Smith used California’s public records law to obtain seven years of math and English test scores from the
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School Districts: A Friendly Reminder
A friendly reminder to all school districts in Illinois:
HB2235 passed in August last year, giving all school districts in Illinois until July 1, 2010 to “report the base salary and benefits of the school superintendent, all administrators and …
Transparency and Teacher Layoffs
The SouthtownStar has been looking into south suburb school district spending over the last week amid growing talks of teacher layoffs and cutting school programs. The paper sent FOIA requests to 18 towns and 25 school districts asking for information …
Chicago Board of Education Credit Cards Canceled
Thousands of dollars in artwork, limos, expensive meals and liquor charges by employees of the Chicago Board of Education, such as former presidents Michael Scott and Rufus Williams, along with their staff, have come under scrutiny, the Chicago Sun-Times…
Transparency in CPS Special Ed?
How is that $87.8 million spent?
A Chicago Tribune piece today discusses how the “state Board of Education is looking into questions about the “accountability and transparency” of millions of dollars in state money that Chicago Public Schools receives each …
School Districts: Transparency Required.
The public may start seeing more transparency from school districts soon, according to the Sun-Times.
One new piece of legislation (SB2270), introduced by Senators Dan Cronin, Kirk W. Dillard, Chris Lauzen and John J. Millner…
Transparency Reveals the Good and the Bad
Liberty Leader Scott O’Connell sent us a copy of this letter below, which is from a gentleman who sued to obtain access to the Wheaton School District 200 superintendent’s salary. This should highlight and provide yet another reason why transparency …
Chicago Tribune Offers Help
Liberty Leaders and general public,
The Chicago Tribune has initiated a great project, “Your Government in Secret,” which provides a helpful guide to navigating the often-confusing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Check it out, and use it!…
Model Leadership in Geneva
Citizen activist, Robert McQuillan, 52,has participated in school board meetings for seven years and questioned board members about taxes and spending. Now, he has successfully persuaded School District 304 to post its check registry online.
The Kane County Chronicle covered …
District 150 - Open for Business?
A concerned taxpayer and parent writes in the Peoria Journal about School District 150 opening up its books and letting the public see and better understand how it spends the community’s tax dollars. Scott Donahue makes some solid points — …
