FEATURES
14 High-profile docket
by Aaron Chambers
The Illinois Supreme Court has begun hearing cases.
19 Troubled kids vs. local budgets
by Jennifer Davis
Treating juvenile delinquents is costing more.
Court briefs
22 The Santas standard
by Steve Warmbir
23 The rise of the mitigation expert
by Margaret Schroeder
25 The mean season in youth sports
by John Flynn Rooney
26 The Cost Of (not) Caring
by Kristy Kennedy
Illinois lags behind in serving the developmentally disabled.
29 Wanted: teachers
by Maureen F. McKinney Major state seeks thousands of new educators.
Essays
32 Teacher training
by Leon Lederman & Lourdes Monteagudo
34 Social capital
by Ed Wojcicki
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DEPARTMENTS
3 Conversation with the Publisher
by Ed Wojcicki
4 Editor's Notebook
by Peggy Boyer Long
6 State of the State
by Anthony Man
The complications of the remap
8 Briefly
by Rodd Whelpley
36 People
by Rodd Whelpley
40 Letters
41 A View from Metro East
by Patrick E. Gauen Foresight in Madison County
42 Politics
by Charles N. Wheeler III A cautionary fiscal note
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