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, [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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