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Thursday, June 19, 2014

6-19-14 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.:








Ten minute drawing. Avoidance.









My photo: Union thug.
Photo: Fred Klonsky. Madison, Wisconsin. 2011.
Why should you care about Hinsdale?
Every year there are anywhere from three to a dozen teacher strikes in Illinois. I was President of the Park Ridge Education Association back in 2003 when our members voted 94% to strike. It lasted four – very long – days. It was painful for many of our members. But necessary. Lately I have been writing about contract negotiations between the Hinsdale High School Teachers Association and their bo


My suggestion is to call Dyett High School an “incubator.”
The three-day community vigil at Dyett High School. For the past couple of days parents and members of the Bronzeville community have been holding a vigil at the neighborhood’s last open admission public high school. That would be Walter H. Dyett High School. CPS plans to shutter it. But community and school activist Jitu Brown and others have developed a proposal for the Dyett Global Leadership






6-18-14 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.: Wall Street and public pensions. A license to steal.North Carolina has the 7th largest public pension fund in the United States. It has one trustee. She is the State Treasurer Democrat Janet Crowell. Before becoming State Treasurer she was  the marketing director for the tech-focused firm SJF Ventures