US - A non-partisan government research organisation has criticised the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for failing to develop a viable plan to address ballooning pension costs.
The Civic Federation made the statement in response to the CPS' staff-proposed $5.3bn FY2007 operating budget. The organisation pointed out that overall compensation costs had risen 21.2% (US$5...
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