Fred Klonsky (Reposted.)
Word is that the pension bill is coming this week. (Reposted.)
Word is circulating that there will be a bill put before the Illinois General Assembly next week. Will it increase teacher contributions? Will it move the eligibility age to 67? Will it reduce or eliminate the COLA? Will it shift the share of the obligation that the state has to local districts? Yes? Some?All four? [...]
Saturday coffee. (reposted)
Happy Mother’s Day Mrs. Eileen Quinn. Teachers you knew throughout your entire working career may soon be royally screwed if your son gets his way. Governor Quinn’s mom wasn’t a teacher. But she was the secretary at Hinsdale High School for thirty years. Quinn’s brother is a history teacher in a parochial school. He’s not [...]
Old school. “I’d spit in their eye before I’d vote for anything but this strike. God damn it!” (reposted)
CTU President Robert Healey. 1980.
Treats. (reposted.)
The sheet gets passed around in August of each year. I sign up, usually with Cynthia and Matthew. Friday treats. “Treats.” It’s such an elementary school word. Would adults, working at the high school or in an office downtown, call breakfast, “treats?” Everyone is supposed to sign up for two of the Fridays. We try to [...]
Yikes. What happened to my sidebar?
I woke this morning to find that someone has stolen my sidebar. It is still there when I click on an individual post. But it is pushed way down to the bottom of the scroll otherwise. I didn’t do anything or change anything. Really. So, I’m thinking it is WordPress. I sent them an SOS. [...]
Sunday links.
My mom. Helen Klonsky. 1916-1977. Feminist, socialist and peace activist. As a mom she hated racists, toy guns, coloring books (too restrictive), and overly-processed white bread. The word is that the pension killing bill will finally be introduced in the Illinois legislature this week. For information on the developments and phone numbers, legislative email addresses, [...]
Joel Klein’s emails. Going after the union, Ravitch and Meier. Courting “overweight billionaires.”
When Kyle Olson FOIAed my work emails he didn’t find anything. Now that former NY school’s Chancellor Joel Klein’s emails have been released, it reveals a lot. An enemies list that included the AFT, Diane Ravitch and Deborah Meier. And charter school friendly hedge fund managers that Klein was courting on the one hand but [...]
Old school. “I’d spit in their eye before I’d vote for anything but the strike. God damn it!”
CTU President Robert Healey. 1980.
Saturday coffee.
Happy Mother’s Day Mrs. Eileen Quinn. Teachers you knew throughout your entire working career may soon be royally screwed if your son gets his way. Governor Quinn’s mom wasn’t a teacher. But she was the secretary at Hinsdale High School for thirty years. Quinn’s brother is a history teacher in a parochial school. He’s not [...]
Word is that there will be a pension bill next week.
Word is circulating that there will be a bill put before the Illinois General Assembly next week. Will it increase teacher contributions? Will it move the eligibility age to 67? Will it reduce or eliminate the COLA? Will it shift the share of the obligation that the state has to local districts? Yes? Some?All four? [...]
Responding to “pension fatigue,” requests for We Are One phone number to legislators.
You can reach the We Are One website here. Available is the phone number that will link you to Illinois legislators.
Treats.
The sheet gets passed around in August of each year. I sign up, usually with Cynthia and Matthew. Friday treats. “Treats.” It’s such an elementary school word. Would adults, working at the high school or in an office downtown, call breakfast, “treats?” Everyone is supposed to sign up for two of the Fridays. We try [...]
