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Ninety extra minutes per day, and two additional weeks per year.

The Chicago Teachers Union said it will consider terminating its contract with the district at a Tuesday afternoon meeting, a move that would bring teachers one step closer to a strike.The union said negotiations with Chicago Public Schools over teacher pay raises have broken down.

Chicago Public Schools 2012 budget is acceptable, but only for the short term.

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Dr. Eric Neilson has been named the new dean of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Neilson has also been appointed chairman of the board of the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation.Neilson replaces Dr. J. Larry Jameson, who served as dean from 2007 to 2010, and Dr.

Despite a budget crisis that is forcing hundreds of millions in cuts, the cancellation of teachers' raises and a planned tax hike, Chicago Public School principals will now get a pay bump if they perform well.Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Monday that $5 million donated by local philanthropists will p

The public had its say last night on Chicago’s proposed schools budget, which includes a tax hike. It was the first of three budget hearings.Chicago Public Schools budget officials came face to face with some of their cuts last night.SECURITY GUARD: I worked hard all those years.