Thursday, November 21, 2013

11-21-13 Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:






Glen Brown on standards.
Glen Brown commented on Standards. Speaking of Standards, here are some observations about the Common Core State Standards Initiative: • It was developed in the private sector with economic (and political) objectives: “Common Core State Standards will prepare all children to be successful in a competitive global economy” • It was imposed by the National Governors Association Center for Best Pract


Standards.
  Levittown in the fifties. Jon Stewart’s great pizza debate has been funny. It started with his rant against Chicago deep dish. A casserole, he called it. Twitter and Facebook took over the New York/Chicago pizza rivalry. A Facebook friend from Philly chimed in about Philly hot dogs. Something about Italian dogs.  Italian dogs? Don’t even talk to me about anything other than a Chicago dog. Unles

The in box. Illinois’ working families have no candidate for governor.
Todd Mertz is a high school teacher and IEA political activist. Friends and Colleagues It is time we have an Illinois governor stand up for public education, students, teachers, employee unions, and collective bargaining rights. If not, we are likely to fall victim like our colleagues did recently in WI, MI, IN, and OH. The 2014 gubernatorial race is looking bleak…to say the least. I don’t und
11-20-13 Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: The Chicago Tribune is orgasmic over the possibility of pension destruction., Today the editorial board of The Chicago Tribune have gone positively orgasmic over the possibility that state public employees will lose our pensions on December 3rd. Freeze our cost of living adjustment. Ohhhh. Increase th