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Thursday, June 26, 2014

6-26-14 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.:



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Pension hearing before the judge in Sangamon today. This and more is posted on Glen Brown’s blog.
- Find more on this on Glen Brown’s blog. Update on Today’s Pension Litigation Hearing (from SUAA): The pension litigation was up for hearing today, June 26, 2014 on several issues. At the May 15, 2014 hearing the Court had indicated its intent to deal with questions of class certification before proceeding to any other issues. Four of the five complaints in this consolidated litigation contained

Statement by CTU on the 1,150 CPS teacher and staff layoffs.
CHICAGO—Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Karen Lewis released the following statement regarding today’s announcement of 1,150 teacher and school support staff layoffs by Chicago Public Schools (CPS): “The decision by the mayor and his handpicked Board of Education to lay off 1,150 teachers and school support staff today in yet another brutal attack on public education in Chicago is bitterly


Napkin sketch. Rahm’s museum plans.

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The IEA has sent out memos to delegates attending the NEA RA in Denver regarding pot smoking. In 25 years of attending every RA but the one in LA, I have never been warned about dope. I have heard that we have some younger members attending for the first time. Coincidence? I don’t think so. It’s all quite silly, since if you are white you can pretty much smoke dope in Chicago without fear of arre
Ten minute drawing. That crazy Arne.
NYC Educator. Words to colleagues on the last day of school.
- NYC Educator is a high school teacher and a long-time education blogger. Right now it’s us. But as far as I can tell, there’s no job short of medical doctor more important than ours. Last time I looked, 100% of the patients of those doctors end up dying. Yet you don’t see op-eds in the New York Post by Campbell Brown expressing her outrage that things haven’t improved since the dark ages. Put ev


6-25-14 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.: Glen Brown. Discover perspicacity.Good afternoon, Glen. I was just reading through your blog and really liked how diverse it is, you seem to be a man of many hats. As a result, I thought I’d reach out to you and ask for a bit of advice regarding a children’s summer education project we’re working on.