An $8 million pilot program to reduce class sizes was gutted completely. Bilingual education programs will get 25 percent less money from ISBE than was originally planned.
Kevin Robinson named IEA Teacher of the Year
May 20, 2009 By
A 27-year-old Collinsville teacher has been named Teacher of the Year by the Illinois Education Association. Kevin Robinson, a fifth grade teacher at Dorris Intermediate School, was presented with the Bob Haisman Teacher of the Year award during a recent meeting of the IEA Regional Assembly in Rosemont, Ill. Robinson is in his [...]
Decision to Drop Deduction Increase Applauded; IEA Opposes Benefit Cut for New Employees
May 6, 2009 By
Governor Pat Quinn’s announcement that he has dropped his proposal to increase employee contributions for Teachers Retirement System (TRS) and State University Retirement Systems (SURS) participants, was applauded by a huge crowd of education employees in Springfield today. But the more than 3,000 Illinois Education Association (IEA) members who cheered Gov. Quinn’s announcement about current [...]
Illinois Education Association is an association of more than 130,000 members composed of Illinois elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty and staff, educational support professionals, retired educators and college students preparing to become teachers.