John Dillon. The new reality.
From John Dillon’s blog. In the New Reality, some of the biggest backers of accepting the Boeing demand(forget proposal) to move new workers to 401K programs, to lose on healthcare costs, etc. were the national leaders of the International Association of Machinists. In fact, the rift is palpable between the two, national administrators recommending the local vote yes to Boeing’s demands. On t
Bev Johns. Another attempt at raising Special Education class size.
Bev Johns is a long-time Special Education activist and advocate. From: Beverley Holden Johns Date: Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 12:41 PM Subject: new ISBE plan to eliminate special ed class size The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) staff has a new proposal to ELIMINATE State special ed class size limits, and ELIMINATE the State 70/30 rule - the 30 percent limit on the percentage of students with
School administrators: “We are working in concert with all the parties.”
From Glen Brown’s blog. Pension Reform Message to Illinois Association of School Administrators Members (from Executive Director Dr. Brent Clark). I’m paraphrasing, but Judge DiVito believes that the courts would have to ignore years of applicable case law and the intent of the pension protection language that was approved during the 1970 Constitutional Convention. In the next few days we will be
My support for this court fight is without reservation.
Some of my colleagues have raised questions about the particulars of the legal strategy in defending the pension protection clause and fighting Senate Bill 1. I could and did share my opinion about how to pursue the political fight before SB! was passed and signed by the Governor. But I don’t know anything about the current legal particulars. I’ve heard from the lawyers andI’m confident that our
Chicago Teachers Union endorsed Will Guzzardi for 39th House Rep.
In a major development in the campaign for State Representative in the 39th District, the Chicago Teachers Union announced its support for progressive Democrat Will Guzzardi. “From opposing school closings to working for an elected school board, Will Guzzardi has stood side by side with us and fought passionately to defend quality public education,” said CTU president Karen Lewis. “Guzzardi is th
1-9-14 Fred 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.: Teacher Mrs. Lewis takes them to school.by Fred Klonsky / 9min hide // save1-8-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacherFred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Standardized testing.. A few weeks ago I registered to ta