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In Illinois, as elsewhere, the state’s school districts have their own Labor Relations Acts and Boards.  Illinois teachers’ unions are certified, and their claims of unfair labor practices are heard, by the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board (or IELRB). 
It has been that way for many years, and while the body of decisions by the IELRB grows, it’s you’d [...]

President Obama laid out his education reform plan yesterday, and a litany of organizations of educators and education reformers have already given their take on it.

At issue is the President’s support for merit-based pay, which seems to be making it tough for American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten to pick a side.

In Illinois, teachers reach tenure after four consecutive years at the same district. But four consecutive years of what? If an untenured teacher is on leave for an entire year, does it count? A new opinion from Illinois’s Fifth Appellate District says the answer is clearly “yes.”

In a closely-watched case, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a New Jersey high school football coach violated the Constitution by initiating and participating in student-initiated pre-game prayers.
Marcus Borden, East Brunswick High School’s football coach for 23 years, sued the school after the superintendent informed him that his actions during grace at [...]