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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

6-18-14 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.:







Ten minute drawing. Chump change.





Wall Street and public pensions. A license to steal.
North Carolina has the 7th largest public pension fund in the United States. It has one trustee. She is the State Treasurer Democrat Janet Crowell. Before becoming State Treasurer she was  the marketing director for the tech-focused firm SJF Ventures. Crowell has moved up to $30 billion of pension money to managers in high-risk, high-fee Wall Street firms. North Carolina could soon be paying $1 b


6-17-14 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.: A CPS principal’s resignation letter.Inter-American’s Principal Vernita Vallez announced in November she would not renew her contract after four years at the school because she didn’t think she was able to fully do her job. She cited the top-down and constantly shifting district priorities with little