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Friday, September 20, 2013

9-20-13 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.:




The in box. Bev Johns: “Special ed class size proposal is dead for now.”
From Bev Johns, Chair of the Illinois Special Education Coaliton. The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) took NO action today on the proposal to eliminate all State rules on special education class size, and on the 30 percent limit on students with IEPs in a general education classroom. Action could have been taken at their June meeting, or August meeting, but Board members had significant
9-19-13 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.: Life in Rahm’s Chicago. Walter Payton High School has plenty of toilet paper and is about to get more. Cut to Les Miz.As parents on the West Side collect toilet paper for their schools – the schools that Rahm has still left open – the selective admission Walter Payton High School near the Lakefront wi