Sunday reads.
Brain Pickings. Anthony Cody reviews a year in dialogue about the response of our teacher unions to corporate reform. Thousands of Black and Latino students lost their schools in 2013. Why teachers of color quit. I spent way more than $250 of my own money on my students each year. 25 stories of indigenous resilience you may have missed this year. Valerie Strauss picks 11 stories about school re
Bob Lyons. “It’s not personal.”
Bob Lyons is a member of the Teacher Retirement System board of trustees. He represents the retirees on the board. The board of trustees is now a defendant in the IRTA suit to overturn the pension-busting Senate Bill 1. Fred, The TRS board was told at the start of the month that we would be included in any suit that was brought to stop the new law. Since TRS would administer the law, anyone suing
Jon Bauman. More on the suit.
Fred, I need to think about this some more (already past my bedtime) and talk to a “real lawyer” but I’m wondering aloud if the correct TRS defendant, if there needs to be any for the suit to be complete, is the Executive Director (no offense intended Director Ingram) instead of the Board of Trustees. Article 16 states that the ED, not the BOT, is responsible for the “detailed administration of th
12-28-13 Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Fred All Week Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher Breaking: Illinois Retired Teachers Association goes to court for our pensions.Crain’s Two groups representing educators today filed suit against the state’s new pension-reform law late today, contending that it violates provisio