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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Anderson gets an earful in Elgin

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Anderson gets an earful in Elgin

Anderson gets an earful in Elgin

Arne Duncan's senior advisor, Jo Anderson, former director of the IEA,got an earful Monday when he met with teachers in Elgin, IL.
Jane Jorgensen, who teaches at Ontarioville Elementary, questioned why the federal government would bail out the auto and banking industries when 300,000 teachers across the country stand to lose their jobs next year."Why isn't the world freaking out?" she asked. "We're talking about the future here."
With a new Illinois law that ties student performance to teacher evaluations, passed this winter to