Tuesday, September 23, 2014

9-23-14 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.:







2014 CPS testing schedule.





Push poll.




Banned Books Week.
This is Banned Books Week. Remember when the Rahm Emanuel administration banned Persepolis from CPS?



Kathy Myalls committed voter fraud.
17th District Republican challenger Kathy Myalls and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. She committed voter fraud to vote for him. I’ve always made the argument that the Republicans exaggerate the problem of voter fraud to push voter suppression rules that are aimed at poor and minority voters. It appears there is a problem with voter fraud, however. And it’s a Republican problem. Kathy Myalls is r
A living wage comes to Hammond. It’s what being in a union should mean.
. Hammond, Indiana. From here, it’s just a twenty minute drive down I-90. 700 workers make automobile seats for Lear Corporation in Hammond. It’s a UAW union shop. Their contract provided the employer with a two-tier salary schedule. 500 employees were stuck at entry level salary. Rochelle Weathersby landed a job at Lear Corp.’s seat-making factory in Hammond three years ago. Despite working in a


Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: My old friend UNO’s Juan Rangel.1 by Fred Klonsky / 7min hide  //  saveThe solution to the problem of the CTU bargaining with the Mayor is the Mayor getting out of the the school-running business.DFER Illinois’ Rebecca Nieves-Huffman. Photo: Substance. What is the deal with telling Karen Lewis that sh