We weren't the only media outlet to cover the Raise Your Hand (RYH) coalition's rally yesterday. Here's some additional video shot by the Chicago News Cooperative:

In other education budget news, both the Sun-Times and Tribune editorial boards jumped all over the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) this week for suggesting that they will fight to keep in place a scheduled four percent pay increase (which will cost $135 million). But CTU president-elect Karen Lewis' position seems pretty reasonable. She says the city should provide a detailed budget before teachers are forced to choose between cuts or raises. That way, all the stakeholders can assess whether there is waste in other parts of the district, particularity in the central office bureaucracy. Ben Joravksy wrote about that issue this week, as well.