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January 23, 2013
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Mike Klonsky’s Small Talk- WEEKEND QUOTABLES: The Return of 'Rahmner' March 2, 2015Does mayoral runoff mean return of 'Rahmner?' -- Natasha KoreckiAld. Rick Munoz“Rauner and Rahm are drinking buddies, They’re wine-tasting buddies. They vacation together. I mean, who vacations with someone that you’re going to call out for cutting social services? Chicago is a beer-and-brats kind of town, — not a cheese-and-wine kind of town.” -- […]
- WEEKEND QUOTABLES: The Return of 'Rahmner' March 2, 2015
- S.O.R.E.
- Retired delegates elected to IEA RA.- Fred Klonsky, SORE President The Illinois Education Association was founded in 1853. It became an affiliate of the National Education Association in 1857. In 1966 the NEA and the African American American Teachers Association merged. We also merged in Illinois. The NEA essentially removed administrators from leadership and became a union in 1970. Over the […]
- Retired delegates elected to IEA RA.
- Glen Brown: Teacher/poet/musician
- The Meaning of “Diminished or Impaired” in Article XIII, Section 5 of the Illinois Constitution (Pension Protection Clause) March 2, 2015“…Aside from the obvious fact that the possible existence of redundancy in other contexts does not mean that a redundancy was intended here, the defendants' argument overlooks the fact that ‘diminished or impaired’ is phrased in the disjunctive, unlike all of the examples of redundancies that the defendants provide. ‘As used in its ordinary sense, the w […]noreply@blogger.com (Glen Brown)
- The Meaning of “Diminished or Impaired” in Article XIII, Section 5 of the Illinois Constitution (Pension Protection Clause) March 2, 2015
- John Dillon’s Pension Education
- Rep. Elaine Nekritz: The Audacity of…(well, ...the audacity)Rep. Elaine Nekritz: The Audacity of…(well, …the audacity)Falling snow, polar vortices, unending darkness, and listening to Representative Elaine Nekritz on the radio defending the indefensible…this truly is the winter of my discontent.On the other hand, legal teams representing the public sector workers are providing opening arguments before the Illinois Su […]
- Rep. Elaine Nekritz: The Audacity of…(well, ...the audacity)
- Ken Previti’s Reclaim Reform
- “I must do right by the children… I refuse to administer the PARCC.”Originally posted on Reclaim Reform:“I must do right by the children…” Do we realize that saving our children requires that we ALL “must do right by the children”? I know Peggy Robertson, a mom and a Colorado teacher who…
- “I must do right by the children… I refuse to administer the PARCC.”
- IEA LOCAL 28
- Chicago First Responder Pension Facts
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- Tim Furman
- RED ALERT: Opt Out Hearing Is Wednesday--- Do A Witness Slip!Raise Your Hand is letting people know that the time is now for another witness slip.The last time I called a Red Alert, it was for a subject matter hearing in Springfield. Hundreds of you you responded. It was quite a hearing, but I'm so immersed in PARCC preparations that I don't have time to write about it.Today's Red Alert is about a new d […]
- RED ALERT: Opt Out Hearing Is Wednesday--- Do A Witness Slip!
- Peoria Story
- Three candidate forums next week, more laterPEORIA, IL -- Three candidate forums sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria are are scheduled for next week, for candidates in the April 7 municipal elections. The first is on March 7, for candidates for the...
- Three candidate forums next week, more later
- NYC Educator
- Who Will Be the Teachers of Tomorrow?Now and then, conversations at work turn to the future of the teaching profession. At a PD (professional development) meeting outside of our building earlier in the year, a teacher broached the topic of salaries earned by PD specialists, Pearson employees (see "No Profit Left Behind") and the like. She found seemingly promising opportunities on h […]
- Who Will Be the Teachers of Tomorrow?
- Jersey Jazzman
- @NJSBA and PARCC: Going Along to Get Along?The resistance to the PARCC -- the new, standardized, computerized tests being administered in New Jersey beginning this month -- continues to grow. Parents, teachers, and students are rightly concerned that these tests are taking too much time, are unnecessarily complex and confusing, disadvantage students with less access to technology, and narrow the curr […]
- @NJSBA and PARCC: Going Along to Get Along?
- The Jose Vilson
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- jd2718
- 2015-2016 Sabbatical Applications on-line – due 3/17Did you know the New York City Department of Education still grants study sabbaticals? Well, they do. I took one last year. I know two people on them this year. And the application for next year has been posted, and is due in just a few weeks. Here’s the DoE’s sabbatical page (very little explanation): […]
- 2015-2016 Sabbatical Applications on-line – due 3/17
- Diane Ravitch
- Florida: Testing Suspended in Many Counties Due to Tech GlitchesFlorida has a bigger problem than opt outs: early this morning many districts experienced major technological problems with the state exams. Miami-Dade (the largest district in the state), Palm Beach County, Pasco County, and Okaloosa County have suspended testing due to computer failures. Look for updates here on the Facebook page of Parents Across […] […]
- Florida: Testing Suspended in Many Counties Due to Tech Glitches
- Ed Shyster
- Waiting for a Super ManWho will be the next superintendent of the Boston Public Schools (and who really gets to decide???) It’s a bird. No–it’s a plane. No–it’s actually snow. Why it’s snowing men, reader! Four men to be precise, each of whom longs to lead the Boston Public Schools. But first these *he’s* must make their way through […]
- Waiting for a Super Man
- Schooling in the Ownership Society
- Bogus 'Parent Trigger' petition rejected by Anaheim boardLast month I wrote about an attempt in Anaheim, CA to privatize the management of another public school, using the so-called Parent Trigger law.The law, which turns parent against parent in a community, gives a temporary majority, who are willing (often cajoled) to sign a petition, the power to hand their public school over to a private company. That company […]
- Bogus 'Parent Trigger' petition rejected by Anaheim board
If you haven’t read this I recommend you do. http://books.google.com/books/about/The_reign_of_ETS.html?id=BWJHAAAAMAAJ It’s hard to get a hold of. It’s scarcity may be due to the content and it’s revelations about the ETS’s history. It retells how mass testing was more reflective of the discriminatory and racist views that prevailed at a time when testing was being touted as a time saver and allowing of “proper” placement of individuals into jobs that they were “best suited for.”