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Thursday, September 25, 2014

9-25-14 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.:






Falling pizza scores.

Petcoke, the Koch brothers and the 10th Ward.
Susan Sadlowski Garza talks to her neighbors at last night’s meet-and-greet in the 10th Ward. I took a drive to the 10th Ward last night. I could have taken the Dan Ryan to the Skyway and gotten off just before Indiana. But I took my old route. South Lakeshore Drive and then followed US41 through the east side to south Chicago. I drove past the what used to be U.S. Steel’s South Works. Back in th
Illinois Council for Exceptional Children. Urgent action on SB 16.
ACTION Needed: Please contact your State Representative as your current one will vote as late as January (NOT a new State Representative that may be elected in November). Senate Bill 16 unexpectedly passed the Illinois State Senate, and could be amended in the Illinois House and the amended bill could be voted on by the Senate ALL IN ONE DAY. Please ask your State Representative, “Will you oppose
9-24-14 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.: Opt out news. Brooklyn testing boycott leads to NY dropping the mandated test.Last Spring: A group of teachers at the International High School at Prospect Heights refused to administer a city-mandated writing test they say is unsuitable for their students, many of whom are recent immigrants learning