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Friday, June 27, 2014

6-27-14 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.:






Illinois pension lawsuit update from the Illinois Retired Teachers Association (IRTA).
- From the IRTA: On June 26th our lawyers appeared in court for a continued case management hearing in our case. Overall our lawyers thought the hearing went very well. The lawyers will be working to draft a case management order that sets out deadlines for further actions in the case, but these are the highlights of the court’s rulings. First, the Court granted the plaintiffs’ joint motion to wit


Reforming admissions.
. Through interviews with teachers and students at the High School of American Studies, this documentary explores efforts to reform the admissions system for New York City’s elite specialized high schools.
Letter to the editor. What if the Hinsdale board owned the Blackhawks.
Letter to the Darien Patch. By listening to the new board majority and its supporters you’d think that the teachers in District 86 have little or nothing to do with the district’s tradition of excellence. After all, Mr. Skoda talks about how overpaid the teachers are and how many applicants the district gets and Mr. Corcoran says that teachers should be so honored to work in such a prestigious sc


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.: Poll. Voting for a pension thief?Take Our Poll1 by Fred Klonsky / 58min hide  //  saveRocky Mountain High.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