Two thumbs up. Go see Brooklyn Castle.
November 8, 2012
I saw this last night at Chicago’s Landmark Cinema. Great. Go and brink Kleenex.
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Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Mike Klonsky’s Small Talk- NCTQ 'study' of teacher prep programs is good for something...Darling-HammondYesterday, on my Schooling in the Ownership Society blog, I wrote a sharply critical review of the new so-called "study" by NCTQ, of the nation's ed schools. The group, led by a gaggle of corporate-reform types, follows Arne Duncan's lead in lambasting nearly all teacher preparation programs, labeling them as "an indus […]
- NCTQ 'study' of teacher prep programs is good for something...
- Glen Brown: Teacher/poet/musician
- Why are approximately 600 TRS retirees paying more for health insurance than anyone else?Jeri Shanahan, a retired teacher, has researched the issue for several years; she has talked to dozens of legislators and various officials over this duration, but the injustice remains unresolved.The Issue:Retirees, 65 and older and not eligible for Social Security and Medicare, will pay the highest premium for Teachers’ Choice Health Plan in 2014: $719.96 […]
- Why are approximately 600 TRS retirees paying more for health insurance than anyone else?
- John Dillon’s Pension Education
- The Real Pension Obstructionist: A Letter to a LegislatorPension Obstructionist: Chicago TribuneDear Representative and Senator,We do not often get second chances, but all of you in the General Assembly are about to be granted another test of your allegiance to the Illinois Constitution and your political fortitude to find real and honorable answers to the Illinois “pension crisis.”Let’s be clear about one real tr […]
- The Real Pension Obstructionist: A Letter to a Legislator
- Ken Previti’s Reclaim Reform
- The American School for Indentured ServantsCorporate pillage and plunder of school children is not limited to testing, charters, etc. in Kindergarten through 12th grade. Remember indentured servants? College age students are being legally indentured. Here are start-up companies that specialize in this. HERE. For those … Continue reading →
- The American School for Indentured Servants
- Roger Sanders
- PENSION REALITY SHOW - PREVIEW OF SPECIAL SESSIONIt appears as though Madigan will not call for a vote on his amendment to SB2404 today, thus...
- PENSION REALITY SHOW - PREVIEW OF SPECIAL SESSION
- IEA LOCAL 28
- Rogers Park Neighbors For Public Schools
- We're On Our Summer ScheduleSummertime, and RPNPS is going to light scheduling mode. We'll be active in the Artists On The Wall event in June, so look for some pictures later in June.I myself will be out of town until August; I don't have internet service out in the woods, so posting here will be very, very light until we gear up again in the fall. If I'm able, I'll […]
- We're On Our Summer Schedule
- Chicago Public Fools by South Side CPS Mom
- Peoria Story
- Public to school board: keep the green spacePEORIA -- The Peoria District 150 School on June 17 heard more than a dozen different eloquent speakers contend that turing the 82-acre Peoria Stadium site into a Walmart or other big box store is a terrible idea. No one...
- Public to school board: keep the green space
- NYC Educator
- King Reformy John Makes Yet Another Brilliant DiscoveryI've got a little better handle on why King Reformy John decreed that city teachers need to hit 15 of 20 to be effective, while the state says it's only 9. A more informed UFT source tells me it has to do with conversion charts. While this sounds kind of nuts, it has to do with hitting a target. For example, if you hit your target, 60%, in King […]
- King Reformy John Makes Yet Another Brilliant Discovery
- CPS Chatter
- Breaking the Cardinal Rule of BloggingThe cardinal rule of thumb is that when you have a blog and you want to build readership, you have to update frequently. People visit blogs for new information and if they come to your blog and there’s nothing new, they’ll stop checking back. It’s especially true after you’ve had a popular blog post. Well, […]
- Breaking the Cardinal Rule of Blogging
- Jersey Jazzman
- Newark's Charters: Perception Is NOT RealityApparently, the hue and cry in Newark against state control of the schools (coming from the elected school advisory board, the elected city council, the students, the teachers, and the parents) is getting so loud that State Superintendent Cami Anderson and State Education Commissioner Chris Cerf feel like they have to show at least a little acknowledgment of […]
- Newark's Charters: Perception Is NOT Reality
- TuttleSVC
- Another Small VictoryNow that there is no principal's union in Providence, school administrators are all on one year contracts, and it is much easier to get rid of them. This is not an entirely bad thing, of course, but somehow the guns always get aimed at the wrong target.Thus KC Perry, former principal of Feinstein High School, now serving as an assistant principal in the […]
- Another Small Victory
- jd2718
- The Fixation With Standardized Test ScoresLynne Winderbaum takes down the new NYC Teacher Evaluation System and standardized test scores I wish Governor Cuomo [link] and Mayor Bloomberg [link] were not on record as wanting to fire teachers. I wish that Race to the Top did not force unproven reforms on states in order to compete for a piece of the pie […]
- The Fixation With Standardized Test Scores
- Diane Ravitch
- Secret Poll Urges Pa. Governor to Attack Philly Union to Improve His ImageA secret poll conducted on behalf of the Pennsylvania Republican Party found that Governor Tom Corbett is highly unpopular and likely to lose to his Democratic challenger. Corbett’s biggest vulnerability is on education issues, which voters of both parties consider important. The poll recommends that the governor can improve his image on education issues by […]
- Secret Poll Urges Pa. Governor to Attack Philly Union to Improve His Image
- Ed Shyster
- The Missionary Positionn. pl. mis·sion·ar·ies 1. One who is sent on a mission, especially one sent to do religious or charitable work in a territory or foreign country. 2. People from one culture who travel to another culture to share their religious … Continue reading →
- The Missionary Position
- Schooling in the Ownership Society
- Another attack aimed at colleges of educationThat great "revolutionary" thinker Arne Duncan, set the stage back in '09, when he discredited all colleges of education, labeling them as "mediocre" and calling for "revolutionary change—not evolutionary tinkering."Now the National Council on Teacher Quality has taken Duncan's cue and has come out with what it's […]
- Another attack aimed at colleges of education
