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Thursday, April 10, 2014

4-10-14 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.:







Mark Stefanik. OH, MAGOO, YOU’VE DONE IT AGAIN!
  Mark Stefanik. - Mark Stefanik is a middle school language arts teacher and frequent contributor to this blog. Particularly when the BissMan pisses him off. My State Senator, Dan Biss, a pension thief extraordinaire, has proudly announced SB2758, his most recently sponsored bill. It’s called The Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program. I can’t make this stuff up. Is this guy Machiavelli or Mr.

Governor Quinn. Don’t sign Rahm’s pension bill.
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My bro and Debbie Meier are bridging differences at Ed Week.
- From Debbie Meier.  Ed Week. On April 22, another passionate voice joins me on this blog. That Tuesday my very old friend Mike Klonsky (who is nowhere near as old—and wise—as I am) will be leading off on something he thinks we might find juicy to tackle. We’ve thrown out some possibilities, but I don’t yet know what he has decided. Mike and I have interestingly parallel life and political exper


Bill to dissolve Charter Commission is about to die after a secret House vote. Will the charter farters win?
No one knows what goes on behind closed doors. It seemed a few days ago that the corporate reformers behind the failed charter school movement in Illinois were about to face a monumental defeat. There were two bills. One bill would dissolve the Charter School Commission – which takes away the right of local school boards to decide if there will be a charter school in their community. The other bi
4-9-14 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.: There are plenty on the hook for this pension theft.  Voting to steal pensions is a major election issue. It defeated Toni Berrios and it will come back to haunt others. The fast passage of SB1922 was a bipartisan affair. It was introduced yesterday morning and with no hearings or debate it was passed