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Archive for May, 2007

Fair school funding is a civil right.

Posted by: preaprez on: 31 May, 2007

Fair and equitable school funding is a civil right.
I can’t turn my blog over to every Phil Kadner column. But Jerry, who teaches here in this Northwest Chicago suburb, bleeds White Sox black and white and is on the board of ed in the far south suburbs is the one who actually turned me on [...]

Dan@senatorkotowski.com

Posted by: preaprez on: 30 May, 2007

The Daily Southtown’s Phil Kadner
Few local writers have been as dogged on the school funding issue as Phil Kadner of the Daily Southtown.
In today’s column he traces the fifteen year battle to carry out the requirements of the state’s own constitution and the political cowardice that has prevented success.
I do not pretend that a new, [...]

Steve Barr (Green Dot) and AJ Duffy (UTLA)

Posted by: preaprez on: 29 May, 2007

UTLA President AJ Duffy
Green Dot’s Steve Barr
Here’s an interesting debate:
Barr and Duffy argue their case.

How many schools can this guy screw up? We’ll see.

Posted by: preaprez on: 29 May, 2007

Paul Vallas and DOE Chief Margaret Spellings

A story in today’s New Orleans’ Times-Picayunne would have you believe that the New Orleans’ locals are waiting for Paul Vallas like some are waiting for the return of Elvis to Vegas.
At first it seemed impossible that an educator of Vallas’ stature would be willing to [...]

Another post about Green Dot and tenure.

Posted by: preaprez on: 29 May, 2007

My daughter Leigh is going to kill me for putting another post up here without a graphic. She hates when I do that and I have been doing that a lot since I moved over to WordPress.
I’m sorry Leigh. I’ll try and do better next time.
I questioned Leo Casey, who posts frequently on the AFT [...]

Superintendent’s contract is a secret.

Posted by: preaprez on: 28 May, 2007

In the final moments of the referendum election in my school district in Park Ridge, a nasty anti-referendum piece was delivered to each home. It contained the salary of four teachers. It included a PE teacher with 34 years in teaching, a music director who has created an award winning instrumental music program, a [...]

Funding. What time is it?

Posted by: preaprez on: 28 May, 2007

Go to the IEA web site and the state leadership tries to paint a picture of optimism.
The interpretation of the IEA Government Relations Department is…that the Speaker is telling those of us who care about fixing funding that members of the House, both Republicans and Democrat need to be convinced we expect action.
Oh, that [...]

More LA teachers looking at Green Dot.

Posted by: preaprez on: 28 May, 2007

While there have been lots of theoretical discussion going on about teacher unions and charter schools and weather Greet Dot is anti-union or if Steve Barr is actually pro-union, reality keeps butting in.
The LA Times reports:
Faculty at two more Los Angeles high schools met this week with a leading charter school operator to [...]

IEA returns to THE issue: social justice in funding.

Posted by: preaprez on: 26 May, 2007

It’s late in the game. There’s just two weeks left for us before the school year ends. But, since I was critical of the IEA leadership when I thought they screwed up, I’ll tell them when they did good. If you go to the IEA’s web site now, there’s no sign of the Burnham Plan, [...]

“Arrested while grieving.”

Posted by: preaprez on: 26 May, 2007

I’m in NY for the weekend. I’m seeing the kids and Lucy, my grandchild. And we’re celebrating my sister-in-law and brother-in-law’s 25th wedding anniversary.
But the news in New York is not all celebratory. Bob Herbert’s column in today’s NY Times is a disturbing story reminiscent of the things you might have read during the [...]


 

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