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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

9-10-13 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.:




The in box. CTU on the first anniversary of the strike.
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Stephanie Gadlin September 10, 2013 312/329-6250     CTU MARKS ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HISTORIC STRIKE Teachers ‘changed the conversation’ about the quality of public education in Chicago CHICAGO – One year ago, nearly 30,000 public school educators took to the picket lines to fight for the neighborhood schools their students deserve. They also wanted



Nothing funny about Rahm.
Anyone looking for some laughs from Rahm Emanuel and David Letterman were disappointed by the Mayor’s late night appearance. Letterman is getting a little long in the tooth. And so are a lot of his bits. But having Rahm on was not even a stupid pet trick. “Murders in Chicago,” asked Letterman? Crime numbers are down claimed the lying Mayor. Maybe in his neighborhood in Lakeview. Greg Hinz: Citywi

The in box. TFA Chicago plans exposed by EduShyster.com
  Josh Anderson of Teach For America Chicago tours the East Chicago Lighthouse Charter School in East Chicago, Indiana. Photo: Sun-Times Blogger EduShyster.com broke the story of the Teach for America (TFA) plan to replace unionized professional teachers in Chicago’s rapidly expanding charter schools. The story got bigger play today when Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post reprinted the EduShy
  
9-9-13 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.: The in box. Jay Rehak on the truth about Chicago teacher pensions.  Jay Rehak, Presiden of the board of the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund. SunTimesx I want to set the record straight about the problems at the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund. CTPF is a $9.5 billion plan that serves 59,000 Chicago Public