The Chicago Board of Education voted to increase the salaries of new Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Jean-Claude Brizard and several other high-ranking officials.
New schools chief Jean-Claude Brizard says he would not take a bonus in pay this year if it were offered due to the poor fiscal condition of the Chicago Public Schools district.
The Chicago Teachers Union is filing a Freedom of Information Act request for incoming Jean-Claude Brizard's proposed contract with Chicago Public Schools.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard is set to issue a letter today to parents outlining the cash-strapped system's budget priorities, saying "We cannot maintain every program at the same funding level as this fiscal year."
A spokeswoman for Chicago Public Schools said it won't provide details of Jean-Claude Brizard's contract for the CEO position because lawyers for both Brizard and the school system are still hashing it out.
Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel defends new Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard in two lawsuits filed during his three years as head of the Rochester, N.Y. public school system, by comparing it to lawsuits the Secretary of Education Arne Duncan once faced.
Jean-Claude Brizard, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel's choice as CEO of Chicago Public Schools, likes the idea of merit pay for teachers. But recent studies of existing pay-for-performance efforts suggest it's no panacea.
