Dillard thanks the teacher unions for their support by calling for cutting state school funding to Chicago by a billion bucks. And other weird election news.
- Mike Klonsky’s Small Talk: Okay, so what did AFT & IFT leaders get in return for their support for Republican Kirk Dillard? The Man From ALEC is now calling for a billion-dollar cut in Chicago school funding and a “scrubbing of the rolls” for Medicaid, the state’s healthcare program for the poor. PUNCH 62 In the bizarre world of Chicago politics, there’s also lots of “liberal” money
Me, Reg Weaver, Bob Kaplan and Pearl Mack.
This is me, former NEA President Reg Weaver, Bob Kaplan and Pearl Mack at the 2013 NEA RA in Atlanta. Pearl, Bob and I are running as delegates again this year. Reg doesn’t have to run.
A war on charters?
Bill de Blasio ran for mayor of New York with a promise that if he is elected, New York’s charter schools will have to pay their own way. No more free rides at the cost of neighborhood public schools. He got elected. He’s trying to carry out the promise. Weird, right? A politician tries to carry out a campaign promise. Now he’s getting slapped around by Democratic Party Governor Cuomo and the boy
3-16-14 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.: Sunday reads. Maintenance costs for closed CPS schools cut by $300 million. Gates echoes union leaderships complaint of Common Core’s bumpy implementation. Or do they echo him? As living standards fall for seniors, signs of a Silver Revolution. Those of us who turned 20 in ’68 are 65 today. Investiga