Let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King.
. Randy Fritz writes: A missive from my frustrations this morning that I won’t be teaching until Wednesday (still on an 8-block schedule): As I sit here today, not teaching because of the celebration of Martin Luther King day, I think back on that tumultuous time in American history—the decade of my teens. It was so long ago but it seems so recent. This is a holiday, that is, time off from our w
Bev Johns. We need you at the ISBE board meeting on January 22nd.
- Bev Johns, Special Education advocate and activist. We need you at the ISBE Board meeting on January 22. Whether the ISBE Board eliminates special ed class size limits AND the 70/30 rule DEPENDS ON YOU. Will you offer testimony this Wednesday? If you cannot go, try to get other people to go: retired teachers, parents, relatives, etc. that could give THEIR OWN testimony OR read YOUR testimony (ma
Sunday reads.
Saturday dozen of Chicago teachers and parents walked the precincts for Will Guzzardi. More than 90% of the variation in student gain scores is due to the variation in student-level factors that are not under the control of the teacher. Chris Christie and the firing of Newark principals. Colbert talks to Brooklyn KFC worker fighting for a $15 an hour minimum wage. 1963 March on Washington part
1-18-14 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 Bruce Rahmer’s Adventures in Bizarro World.8 by Fred Klonsky / 18h How’s this for cynical? Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post writes about Illinois’ attempts to raise Special Education class size limits.Valerie Strauss’ blog,
