...and, per their new contract, the average will increase to $114 thousand by the 2027-2028 school year.

It is still not enough to draw the best and the brightest to their war-zone schools.

My nephew's wife taught at an elementary school in Texas. After a decade or so she quit, took a $20 thousand pay cut and moved to a small private school where the kids and parents show much more respect.

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-contract-bumps-average-teacher-from-86k-to-over-114k/