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Friday, December 17, 2010

School Tech Connect: Citizen-Lobbyists

School Tech Connect: Citizen-Lobbyists

Citizen-Lobbyists

If you're following the ed "reform" situation in Illinois right now, you'll note that there's a bizarre, suddenly-salad committee meeting out in the Borealis right now with a hugely right-wing agenda on collective bargaining, tenure, evaluations, etc. It's like Michelle Rhee scribbled for an hour on a tablecloth at Chucky Cheese, and then Michael Madigan used the tablecloth as the agenda for this committee.

Anyway, I've been following @IEANEA from the scene; it's quite informative. If people wonder where their dues dollars go, I can tell you. They go toward representation like we're getting today in front of this committee. And I'm not even a member!

Anyhoo, you should also contact your state representative about this committee, because it's going to rubber