UNO Teachers Consider Strike…how much are they paid?

Now that the CTU Strike is potentially averted (and the newest contract awaiting ratification by the rank and file), the Continue reading →

How do CPS Teacher salaries compare to surrounding Districts?

I’m not going to comment about what is too much or too little. Here is the sort of data for Continue reading →

Teacher Salaries: Too Much? Too Little?

Regarding the recent article from DNAInfo about teacher pay…(since I’ve received texts and emails.) I’m not going to provide an Continue reading →

Worse than 39% Cut to SBB Budget for schools?

Apparently, CPS Central Office sent out an email last night confirming that the new Student-Based Budgeting (SBB) Base Rate for Continue reading →

Larger Cuts to Schools: 39% of Student Based Budgets

[UPDATE~ These potential cuts may be larger based on information sent by Central Office in an email…see the most recent data Continue reading →

Map: CPS Projected Budget Cuts (Non-Options Schools)

UPDATE: We have been advised that these cuts may be larger. Working on getting more information. (May 17, 2016) On Continue reading →

Adding in the CPS Facilities Plan Data…

UPDATE: We’re already updating the data based on crowdsourced remarks that we research and can verify.  Please see bottom of this Continue reading →

A History of CPS Enrollment 1999-2014 (Rough Draft)

It is difficult to do data work on CPS data.  Schools move, close, open, split, co-locate, turnaround, change names. I’m Continue reading →