Arthur Goldstein. Blaming tenure is a fool’s game.
- My friend Arthur Goldstein is a New York City teacher and UFT activist. I try to help kids every day, but they’re all different. I’d like them all to pass, but some of them don’t. It’s funny because I feel very bad for many of those who don’t. Yet New York state assumes that I want to pass them all for no reason and thus does not allow me to grade their standardized tests. On the other hand, I
More news from Hinsdale. Extremist board members chasing good teachers out.
- Hinsdale High School Teachers Association Imagine a top teaching candidate with a masters degree and seven years experience interviewing for a position at Hinsdale 86 and neighboring Lyons Township. How would the employment offers of each district compare? In Hinsdale, the Board will tell such a candidate that her experience doesn’t matter, divide her seven years experience in half and round d
Chicago Tonight. In the pension discussion where were the Democratic Party pension thieves?
Carol Marin with Republican state Rep. Thomas Morrison, University of Chicago professor of law Julie Roin, and president of Illinois Federation of Teachers Dan Montgomery. I watched the pension discussion on Chicago Tonight. I’m not sure anyone who was not really invested in the issue stayed with it. It was kind of dry. What was interesting to me was who was not there. No Democrat Elaine Nekritz.
IPACE endorsements and pension thieves.
IEA’s IPACE endorsements for state House and Senate elections are done by local IPACE committees. The recommendations must be approved by the state IPACE committee. I compiled the list of IPACE recommended candidates and their votes on Senate Bill 1, the pension theft. Some of those recommended are not incumbents, so they did not have an opportunity to vote. The list does not include candidates w
7-28-14 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.: John Dillon. A Bitter Pill: Illinois Supreme Court’s decision and Chicago corporate media.- John Dillon is a retired teacher, pension activist and blogs at Pension Vocabulary. Bitter Pill is an idiom that arises from usage nearly a century ago or in some lexicons even earlier. Imagine a time when med