Sunday links.
Here’s Karen Lewis, the newly elected president of the Chicago Teachers Union. We need more like her.
Another day, another report of charter school thievery.
Here are the first-person stories of pink-slipped teachers. Blogger Alexander Russo thinks they should get over it and stop whining. I wouldn’t wish getting fired on anybody. Except Russo.
They’ve noticed. The Chicago Sun-Times headlines this morning that new CTU prez Karen Lewis is a “fierce foe” of the Mayor Daley agenda. Apparently, so are 12,000 Chicago teachers.
NY’s Mayor Bloomberg. This guy blames teachers and defends BP CEO Tony Hayward. Who should be surprised?
Another day, another Mark Kirk resume story blown out of the water.
The BP station at 47th and Woodlawn is full up. There are cars hooked up at all the pump stations, both sides and an unruly line waiting to get their turn. Most folks pay at the pump but there’s a cluster up at the register hidden behind grimy bullet proof glass; customers drop their bills, then pluck cigarettes and junk food from the drawer sliding in and out of the white brick hut and go on with their lives.