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Thursday, January 10, 2013

SPECIAL LATE, LOCAL UPDATE: Dear [name] - My stalkers, Bill Ayers, Alexander Russo and TFA. « Fred Klonsky

My stalkers, Bill Ayers, Alexander Russo and TFA. « Fred Klonsky:


Dear [name], From former NY Schools Chancellor Harold Levy. Now Palm Ventures. Greenwich, Connecticut.

A copy of a letter from Harold Levy for upcoming private seminar for investors on making money on education:
Dear [name],
I’m chairing The Capital Roundtable’s ENCORE full-day conference –
Private Equity Investing In
For-Profit Education Companies –
http://capitalroundtable.com/r/?t=l&m=1198&l=1&s=238309&c=394436>
How Breakdowns in Traditional Models
& Applications of New Technologies Are Driving
Changehttp://capitalroundtable.com/r/?t=l&m=1198&l=2&s=238309&c=394436>
Tuesday, January 15, in New York City
Sponsored by –
• Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
• Parthenon Group LP
I was formerly Chancellor of the New York City School System, and am now



Extremely local news. Resurrecting the Skokie chapter of IEA Retired.

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Retired IEA members on the north side and near north suburbs need an IEA Retired chapter.
I know I have readers all over the country, but this is extremely local news.
When I retired last June I sent in my dues money to join IEA Retired.
Everywhere I have spoken about the fight to preserve our promised pensions I have told people that the number one thing that they needed to do – before they did anything else – was to join something. Anything. Klonsky’s 



My stalkers, Bill Ayers, Alexander Russo and TFA.

Popout.
A fascinating bunch of stuff showed up on my screen this morning.
Alexander Russo, who supposedly (air quotes) covers Chicago schools from his home in Brooklyn, posted a video of Bill Ayers talking about the shortcomings of Teach for America.
Bill is his usual on-point self. He distinguishes between those who are in classrooms under the auspices of TFA and the idea of TFA. He makes the obvious point that there are no short cuts to good teaching. It takes years to


Ten minute drawing. Squeezy, the pension killing multi-headed hydra.

Squeezy

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