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Monday, August 29, 2011

School Tech Connect: Illinois Teachers Hit The Bricks For A Principle

School Tech Connect: Illinois Teachers Hit The Bricks For A Principle:

Illinois Teachers Hit The Bricks For A Principle

I don't know where I've been on this one, but it's long past time for people to chime in here. Here in the Prairie State, literally out on the prairie, there's a local that's been out on strike for two weeks over the issue of random drug testing.

There's no end in sight, because the local school board apparently is hell bent on collecting urine samples from its professional teaching force. God bless these teachers and the all of the community that has rallied around them. This is an IFT local, and the IFT president, Dan Montgomery, has been very visible and vocal in support of