Kickin’ Michelle Rhee’s butt in Chicago.
There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t get a bunch of petition requests on Facebook and on email.
Some have been effective. Certainly the story of Trayvon Martin’s shooting received national attention in large part because of the petition campaign organized by Color of Change.
But after a while so many petitions become just noise.
And so some folks can be excused by being fooled into signing a petition that seemed to be supporting a settlement to the teacher contract in Chicago.
Paticularly since it was hosted by Change.org, which bills itself as a clearing house for progressive issues.
Some have been effective. Certainly the story of Trayvon Martin’s shooting received national attention in large part because of the petition campaign organized by Color of Change.
But after a while so many petitions become just noise.
And so some folks can be excused by being fooled into signing a petition that seemed to be supporting a settlement to the teacher contract in Chicago.
Paticularly since it was hosted by Change.org, which bills itself as a clearing house for progressive issues.
Kickin’ Michelle Rhee’s butt in Chicago.
There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t get a bunch of petition requests on Facebook and on email. Some have been effective. Certainly the story of Trayvon Martin’s shooting received national attention in large part because of the petition campaign organized by Color of Change. But after a while so many petitions [...]
The in box. Fans in Peoria.
From Peoriastory: OMG: Education progress, integrity, sold out by Democrats (!) CHICAGO — Fred Klonsky, a retired art teacher, has one of the best blogs anywhere on educational issues. Check it out, where he reveals the education/industrial complex-corporate ties to Obama’s campaign. http://preaprez.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/the-2012-democratic-party-platform-on-education-is-revealed/ It’s the sleeziest situation ever — Demos have turned into Elephants! The conflicts [...]
Dear Cinda. About HJRCA49.
In case you missed IEA Communication Director Charlie McBarron’s response to my friend Jerry Mulvihill’s request for polling data, I wanted to repost it today. IEA President Cinda Klickna has claimed that private polling of members dictated that they concede to a plan that would have members contribute more than the 9.4% that they presently [...]
Electing a school board.
Chicago has a long and proud history of progressive reform. It also has produced some duds. Like mayoral control of the public schools. Mayoral control was an idea that came from the brain of the second Mayor Daley. So right away you can see the problem. The citizens of Chicago are allowed to elect the [...]