Tuesday, August 12, 2014

8-12-14 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.:







TMD. Thinking about Michael Brown.




Ferguson, MO.

Exclusive. How to beat Bruce Rauner in November.
My friend John Dillon blogs over at Pension Vocabulary. Today he posts the words of the head of AFSCME, Henry Bayer, about the upcoming election for Governor of Illinois. How did someone who was a political unknown until recently gain such influence? It’s easy if you’ve got millions of your own money to spend promoting yourself. Rauner has been “introducing” himself to voters in phony, folksy TV

Carpe diem.
. My Facebook and Twitter pages are full of comments about the suicide of Robin Williams. It’s not surprising. He was a big star, a celebrity, who has spanned several generations of TV watchers and movie goers. In 1989 I was still a new teacher. It was four years after A Nation at Risk report. A Nation at Risk announced that the country’s education system was a bigger threat to the security of th
8-11-14 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.: Post your #selfieforkaren everywhere. Send ‘em here and I’ll post it.“We are Michael Brown.”. Ferguson, Missouri is in suburban St. Louis. Last June Desiree Harris, who lives in Ferguson, watched her grandson Michael Brown, an African-American young man, graduate from high school. On Saturday night sh