Ken Previti. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) is actually doing things to support education, teachers, seniors, public health safety and more.
- Ken Previti is a retired Illinois teacher living in Florida and blogs at Reclaim Reform. During this period of shock and awe attacks by legislators who serve the interests of corporations and don’t give a damn about the needs of the people they were elected to serve, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) is actually doing things to support education, teachers, seniors, public health safety and more.
Outsourcing Vince.
I hope I’m not getting Vince in trouble by praising him this morning. I was reading the AAPLE report on the results of outsourcing custodial services at CPS and what a disaster it has become. Filthy school buildings have become the Chicago norm. Reading this made me think about Vince. Vince was the custodian at my school the year I retired. He’s still there. You can’t outsource Vince. He is as int
Privatizing custodial services. Chicago schools are filthy.
Latest report from AAPLE, an organization of Chicago school principals. Catalyst: Principals say the cleanliness of their buildings is integral to students learning and note that they are naturally held accountable for it. However, under the new contract, principals do not supervise the custodians at all. Some principals say the custodian managers turnover on a regular basis. “The person who supe
Local union prez Gus Morales wins one.
Local union president and teacher Gus Morales (right). Gus Morales is the local union president in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He is an outspoken critic of corporate school reform. So the district fired him. And the Massachusetts Department of Labor says they believe that Morales has shown probable cause following a complaint by the Massachusetts Teachers Association. Agustin Morales, a former teache
Phil Kadner. Quinn whiff’s on pension question.
- Phil Kadner is a columnist for te Southtown Star. It seemed like a simple question for the governor of Illinois. Tony Denovellis, market president for Midland States Bank in New Lenox, said his wife is a retired schoolteacher and is worried about her pension. Could the governor say something that would make her stop worrying so much? Gov. Pat Quinn, speaking at a Chicago Southland Chamber of Co
9-8-14 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.: NYC Educator. A time for every purpose under heaven.- NYC Educator is a teacher, local UFT leader and union activist. I was pretty surprised to read a story in the NY Post with a picture of a few dozen white teachers wearing NYPD shirts. Apparently they’d triumphed over the insidious UFT, which had so