Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Do you need another reason to resist the testing madness?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Do you need another reason to resist the testing madness?:

Do you need another reason to resist the testing madness?

by Mike Klonsky

Here's a good one. It comes from veteran high school English teacher, Larry Strauss, posting at Huffington:

A colleague of mine who works as a home and hospital school teacher for those sick and disabled children who cannot make it to school, told me he is required to test all of his students, regardless of the severity of their illness or injury. In most cases, disabled students are given testing accommodations according to their individualized educational plans (IEPs) but he teaches one boy who was, just weeks ago, paralyzed 

Thieves fall out over Springfield pension heist

by Mike Klonsky

Madigan

The great Illinois state pension robbery has been foiled, at least for now, as thieving political bosses Madigan and Cross fought over how to divvy up the loot past the deadline for the bill's passage. According to one report:

The pension plan began listing badly around mid-day Thursday after Madigan indicated he wouldn’t support it. He and Cross were dug in on an ideological dispute over whether suburban and Downstate school districts