NY Magazine. Teachers unions turn against Democrats.
Newly elected NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia “talking a more Ravitch-esque public line.” New York Magazine: The results of the NEA convention reflected Ravitch’s militance. Not only did the union officially call for Duncan’s resignation — a measure that was introduced, but failed to pass, in each of the last four years — its new president Lily Eskelsen GarcÃa, is taking a more Ravitch-esque p
Bob Scharba’s cartoons.
The Evil Leprechaun. Re-fixed. Fred: I’ve featured your suggested “stars” of Illinois pension theft in the cartoon I mentioned to you the other day to you. I wasn’t even aware of what some of these people looked like till I researched this……what a gruesome bunch. Biss is sort of like a cross between Frankenstein’s monster and Lurch. I am loathe to say it to an art teacher, but I’m a much better
John Dillon. Justice Burke’s pension dissent.
- John Dillon is a retired teacher, a pension activist and pension blogger. In the recent Kanerva v. Weems decision, at issue was the appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court by members of three State Employees Retirement Systems that health benefits were protected by the Contracts Clause of the Illinois Constitution as well as safeguarded by the Pension Protection Clause. Other arguments by the Reti
7-7-14 Fred All Week 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.: Diane Ravitch’s blog. A Mass teacher’s hopes for Lily.Newly elected NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia and this blogger. - Diane Ravitch. This just in from a member of NEA from Massachusetts who is at the Denver convention. She hopes that Lily Eskelsen, the new president, will be a champion and fighte
