The Wall Street Journal – Stephanie Banchero
“A bill that would make it easier to fire ineffective teachers statewide and allow Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel to lengthen the Chicago school day passed the Illinois House on Thursday, even as the state’s three teachers’ unions withdrew support at the last minute. The measure is one of the most far-reaching overhauls of teacher tenure and bargaining rights in a state where Democrats control both the legislature and the governor’s office.”(more)