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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Commuting to the #NEARA11 « Fred Klonsky's blog

Commuting to the NEA RA. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Commuting to the NEA RA.

It’s a Windy City RA.

Although there will not be much wind tomorrow as the temperature threatens to hit triple digits.

Outside McCormick Place.

Inside it might get hotter.

Merit pay, teacher performance evaluations and an early no strings endorsement for the Obama administration all threaten to make the convention hall filled with 9,000 delegates a little heated.

As they should.

My first state caucus meeting is at 1PM at the Palmer House. The “venerable old Palmer House,” the cliche