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March 6, 2012
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Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Mike Klonsky’s Small Talk- SCHOOL CLOSING QUOTABLESTrumbull Local Schools Council member Ali Burke hugs Wendy Kattan of Raise Your Hand following the board of education's vote to close 50 Chicago Public School, May 22, 2013. | Jessica Koscielniak ~ Sun-TimesSun-Times headlineIn less time than it takes to boil an egg -- This morningColumnist Mark BrownIn the end, the board was so tone deaf to its audienc […]
- SCHOOL CLOSING QUOTABLES
- Glen Brown: Teacher/poet/musician
- Marching to Save Chicago's Public Schools“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Marching to Save Chicago's Public Schools
- John Dillon’s Pension Education
- Local Districts - Part One: Caught Holding the BagLocal Districts - Pt. OneCaught Holding the BagIdiom: The phrase Holding the Bag is an idiom describing the person caught or penalized while others get away free. If a group of brigands held up a person, and the authorities were soon to arrive, veteran criminals would give the witless outlaw the swag to hold physically. This not only distracted the less th […]
- Local Districts - Part One: Caught Holding the Bag
- NYC Educator
- Bill Thompson Is Unacceptable for Working TeachersIt's more than a little depressing to read that AFT President Randi Weingarten has seen fit to endorse Bill Thompson for NYC Mayor. First of all, she's got enormous sway over the UFT. It's possible that UFT could go its own way, but I wouldn't bank on it. More to the point, we've got history with Thompson, and it's not good at a […]
- Bill Thompson Is Unacceptable for Working Teachers
- CPS Chatter
- A Time of HeroesThe Tribune editorial called on us to be heroes like Newton and Moore where heroes stood up to death for the students. We could be heroes by stepping down and leaving our students to poverty, both literal and intellectual. We could be heroes by isolating the parts of our city most in need. We could […]
- A Time of Heroes
- Jersey Jazzman
- Philadelphia Superintendent Hite: ExtortionistWilliam Hite, Philadelphia's latest superintendent, wants more money for the city's schools. And he figures the only way he can get it is to sell out his teachers: William R. Hite Jr. knows it's a tough ask: $120 million from a state that historically views Philadelphia and its public schools "as a cesspool." So, the superintendent […]
- Philadelphia Superintendent Hite: Extortionist
- TuttleSVC
- Students on the FringeJean Ann W. Guliano:With 83% of the state’s special needs students and 90% of the state’s limited English students scoring substantially below proficient on the last NECAP math test,* even with remediation many of those students will likely not graduate in 2014. Even more troubling is that the gap between these students and ‘average’ students has actually in […]
- Students on the Fringe
- Ken Previti’s Reclaim Reform
- The Kabuki Theater of the Absurd presents “The House of Representatives versus The SenateThe Kabuki Theater of the Absurd presents yet another performance of “The House of Representatives versus The Senate.” The subtitle is “How Much in Billions of Dollars?” Background: Having stolen and pillaged public employee pension funds for years, the Illinois … Continue reading →
- The Kabuki Theater of the Absurd presents “The House of Representatives versus The Senate
- Roger Sanders
- Illinois Pension...Illinois Pension Heist http://www.youtube.com/user/GrassRootsIllinois?feature=watch
- Illinois Pension...
- IEA LOCAL 28
- jd2718
- Chapter Leader’s Notes: Mayoral forum at the Bronx UFTNotes by Donald March, chapter leader of Christopher Columbus HS Bronx Mayoral Forum. May 8, 2013. Christine Quinn, Bill DeBlasio, Bill Thompson, John Liu As has been the case at these forums or late, Christine Quinn arrives ahead of the pack and is allowed to speak and take questions first. She is a rather forceful […]
- Chapter Leader’s Notes: Mayoral forum at the Bronx UFT
- Diane Ravitch
- Rahm: No Money for Schools But Millions for….Even as Rahm Emanuel says he has no money for schools, none at all, the cupboard is bare….. He somehow managed to find $55 million to build a private basketball stadium. Now, this is a mayor with priorities!
- Rahm: No Money for Schools But Millions for….
- Rogers Park Neighbors For Public Schools
- Another Stunning Short FilmThis is another exceptionally beautiful film by Kai-Duc Luong and Heather Stone, whom I've written about before.There's some footage of West Pullman Elementary and some of its community. I walked from West Pullman to its welcoming school, Haley Elementary, with Wendy Katten a few weeks ago, but I haven't put together the footage yet.We spent […]
- Another Stunning Short Film
G-d help us all!