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Thursday, August 15, 2013

8-15-13 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.:








Senator Kwame Raoul and the disarray in the Illinois Democratic Party.
  Pension bomber Representative Elaine Nekritz and Pension Committee Chair Senator Kwame Raoul. Illinois Democrats have a problem. In the eyes of many voters they appear to be Republicans. Democrats control both chambers of the state legislature, the governor’s mansion and Chicago City Hall. Yet state and local government looks like it is run out of an ALEC play book. The governor’s race has star


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.: Losing seniority rights means running schools on the cheap. The CPS budget means winners and losers.  Graphic: Catalyst. The always ridiculous CPS spokesperson Becky Carroll admitted there are winners and losers in the CPS budget. The losers are students and families in district run schools. No surpri