Data by the Illinois State Board of Education shows that schools in Illinois reported 3,558 unfilled teaching positions as of October 2022. In 2022, the Teacher Retirement System's total unfunded liability increased to $80.6 billion.
Hmm, we’ve got the highest paid teachers in the country and it still not enough? WTF?
Poor Taxpayer
3 years ago
More money to be Stolen’d from the unborn children. Results are dismal at best.
Pensions Paid First
3 years ago
The funding will be up to the school districts to determine where to use the money. “Sometimes it will be signing bonuses, sometimes it will be work to bring teachers from abroad and make sure that they are able to get up to speed and join the teacher corps here in the state of Illinois,” Pritzker said.
Maybe some retention bonus money for existing teachers? Possibly using that money to raise salaries for all teachers? Teachers don’t make enough money for the job they are asked to do. Every additional dollar helps though.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Hmm, we’ve got the highest paid teachers in the country and it still not enough? WTF?
More money to be Stolen’d from the unborn children. Results are dismal at best.
Maybe some retention bonus money for existing teachers? Possibly using that money to raise salaries for all teachers? Teachers don’t make enough money for the job they are asked to do. Every additional dollar helps though.