John Laesch. Act to abolish the Charter Commission.
Your grassroots action and leadership from State Representative Chapa LaVia has helped propell some important legislation through the House Secondary and Elementary Education Committee and onto the house floor. On March 20th, HB 3754 that would dissolve the ALEC-created Illinois State Charter School Commission passed the House by a vote of (78-33) – click to see how your lawmaker voted. Tomorrow,
What should we think about the unions’ Dillard Strategy?
Some readers have suggested that we move on from the discussion of the IFT and IEA’s Dillard Strategy. The election is over, they tell me. We need to focus on what’s next. But I say not so fast. The unions collectively spent over $3 million of member political donations on the Dillard Strategy. I think that kind of money deserves evaluation and accountability. The were (at least) two criticisms of
CPS continues its ethnic cleansing of its teaching faculty.
Photo: George Schmidt, Substance. The announcement late Friday that CPS was closing three more schools – calling them turn-arounds – was an attempt to bury the story of the system’s continuing efforts at the ethnic cleansing of the teaching staff. That’s the purpose of a bad news story that is released to the press late on Friday. Bury it. The three schools - McNair, Dvorak and Gresham elementa
3-23-14 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.NYC Educator runs for union office. More like him should. They pissed away $3 million supporting the candidate from ALEC, an idea the membership wouldn’t buy. The bill is the best charter bill of the season and deserves your immediate support. David Sirota. Annual pension shortfall = $4