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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

8-13-13 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.:







North Carolina anti-tenure and seniority laws follows Illinois lead. Local wing-nuts too dumb to notice.
  Illinois Policy Institute either lies or doesn’t know. North Carolina citizens are in a battle against a Republican state government that has launched a frontal assault on civil right, women’s rights and labor rights. Thousands have turned out for months of Moral Monday rallies. Ten thousand at the most recent event. While leaders of the North Carolina teachers’ union have been late in joining

The in box. Support for Logan Square TIF – Schools rally Sunday.
From Will Guzzardi: Many of you joined with us in our struggle this past winter to keep Brentano Elementary open. Principal Salgado and the rest of the Brentano family are thrilled that the school will be opening its doors for another school year in just a couple of weeks.   Sadly, there will be a cost: $300,000, the amount that Chicago Public Schools has cut from Brentano’s bud


8-12-13 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.: A children’s forced march through murder zones marked by Safe Passage signs.It was another tragic weekend for the families of the dead in Chicago. It is hard to even keep up with the tally. Over 30 shot. 4 dead. Maybe more. As if to mock The Mayor and his promise of safe passage for students who on Au