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Monday, July 22, 2013

7-22-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:

Road Trip Week 2




Still road trippin’.
We are about halfway through our road trip through the Northwest. The last two days we have been staying at a beautiful lodge on Lake Quinault. Our stay included a guided three-hour hike through the Quinault National Forest, a rain forest. During the five-month rainy season the area gets a foot of rain a day, The climate here produces an amazing variety of things that grow out of the earth and



Xian Barrett: Yes, I was fired and we will still win.
By Xian Barrett Posted on his blg: Teacher X: http://chiteacherx.blogspot.com/2013/07/yes-i-was-fired-and-still-we-will-win.html At 9:11am Friday morning, on a quiet, scripted phone call from my principal, my teaching career ended. Again. Many of you have already read the exact details here: http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/21411000-418/cps-calls-teachers-mom-to-tell-him-hes-getting-laid-of
  
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Road Trip Week 2The in box. Paul Krugman on “the big pension scare.”Paul Krugman, NY Times: OK, this is quite amazing: Dean Baker catches the WaPo editorial page claiming that we have $3.8 trillion in unfunded state and local pension liabilities. Say it in your best Dr. Evil voice: THREE POINT EIGHT T