When a Chicago high school prom uses "This Is Are Story" as the theme phrase. That no responsible adult at the high school caught this common homophone error is pretty tragic. Fortunately, the teachers at this high school are very well paid:
Four out of 10 CPS freshmen do not graduate.
If they do graduate, 91 percent have to take remediation courses in college because they do not know how to do basic math and school work. Just 26 percent of CPS high school students are college-ready, according to the ACT subject matter tests.
Students in these schools whose families can’t afford an alternative are trapped in classrooms that, for the most part, aren’t equipping them to succeed in the future.
But while CPS students get left behind, their teachers receive generous compensation.
The average CPS teacher salary is $76,000. The last contract negotiations in 2012 gave CPS teachers 17 percent raises over three years.
I guess those Annenberg Challenge efforts of Bill Ayers and Barack Obama didn't work.
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