What was wrong with what Mrs. Obama said?
. Fred, Isn’t that what Mrs. Obama is saying? Did I misread it? Didn’t she say that Arts are critical to an education? Yes, she used test scores in her speech but don’t you think that was a way to drive the point home about Arts? I actually liked what she said. And I often don’t care for what she or her husband say (they’re so disappointing but that’s another story). - BMMB BMMB, I agree wit
Mark Stefanik. Memorial Day.
- Mark Stefanik is a middle school Language Arts teacher, union activist and frequent contributor to this blog. Memorial Day Today, we re-dedicate ourselves to the preservation of the American dream. Today, we remember those who devoted their lives to their country. Today, we honor those who fight to defend our freedoms. Today, that would include the American public school teacher. Does anyone ca
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Two years ago on Memorial Day Weekend – a very hot Chicago weekend – I threw a retirement party at the Red Line Tap for a couple hundred of my closest friends.
Matt Farmer and Steve Doyle played some of their great rock and roll. Three long sets, as I recall
I got to sing back-up for them on The Weight.
And the Carpenter Ukulele Society - made up of my colleagues – did our first and only public performance – a nine song set that brought the house down.
Two weeks later I walked out of Carpenter School – empty handed – and Anne and I headed for O’Hare to fly off for a week-long stay in Oaxaca, Mexico.
That ended 30 years of teaching Art in a public elementary school.
This Memorial Day Weekend is different.
It’s been relatively quiet, aside from celebrating my older brother’s birthday with brunch yesterday and some more celebrating this afternoon.
The Chicago weather this weekend has been perfect. Sunny and 70 degrees with not a Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:
5-25-14 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.The Spanish Civil War, 1936. Grit. The new Common Core standard. 29 seconds on pensions and the Koch bros. Tax cheaters Hall of Fame. The hypocrisy of the Illinois Policy Institute. Selective promise keeping. Dear Parents and Friends of PISD, Next week, you will be receiving your child’s