Ken Previti. What kind of education do mothers want for their children?
Ken Previti is a retired Illinois teacher who now lives in Florida and blogs at Reclaim Reform.
We Are One Illinois seeks injunction to halt implementation of pension theft legislation.
Press Statement on Injunction Filing – Final – For Immediate Release Today, the We Are One Illinois union coalition and plaintiffs filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in Sangamon County Circuit Court to seek a full stay of the implementation of Senate Bill 1 (Public Act 98-599), pending a resolution on the act’s merits. SB 1 slashes cost-of-living adjustmen
William Murphy. I have a student that lives in a trailer with 14 other human-beings.
Responding to Karen Lewis on the Pension Heist: This was good, disheartening and disturbing. It is a shame that I so often have to remind myself why I got into this profession. Not for the money, pension or the thanks (which seems to be less and less), but the kids. They can hate us, degrade us, and one day they will probably try to steal what’s left of my already dwindling pension security. Howev
It’s a union movement.
In 2010 Karen Lewis was elected President of the Chicago Teachers Union. She headed the slate of candidates organized by the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE). The CORE slate won 60% of the vote in a crushing defeat for the old guard leadership. Micah Uetricht tells the story in his excellent book, Strike for America. In 2011 Bob Peterson, fifth grade teacher and editor of Rethinking Schoo
Juan Rangel’s money quote: “Teachers being disgruntled — it’s like any other business.”
Juan Rangel and Rahm. I always look forward to my brothers Monday morning blog post of weekend quotables. I admire his ability to pick out some good ones. There’s so many to choose from. I would like to add one more from Chicago Sun-Times reporter Dan Mihalopoulos. Mihalopoulos has been covering the UNO charter school mess for a long time. UNO, the United Neighborhood Organization, has close ties
5-11-14 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.: Mother’s Day.Mom could not be ambivalent about anything. Her two favorite colors were black and white. Mom had little patience for shades of gray. She hated the things she hated. She loved the things she loved. She loved my father for reasons I still don’t entirely understand. She loved her women frie