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Thursday, July 18, 2013

7-18-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:

Road Trip








ALEC is coming to Chicago. Let’s give them a Chicago welcome.
Bill Moyers and the United States of ALEC. A rally is being planned on Thursday, August 8th at noon at the Palmer House where the American Legislative Exchange Council is holding their meeting August 7th through the  9th. ALEC is an organization that advocates for legislation that negatively impacts working families including right to work legislation, stripping public employees of colle

  Mark Stefanik: It’s a baking hot day in Chicago. My kind of CPS.
By Mark Stefanik. It’s a baking hot day in Chicago. I know better than to ask Mom to take us to Rainbow Beach. That’s a 90 minute ride across the South Side with 2 transfers on the CTA. Lucky for me there’s Kelly High School’s indoor pool. My friends and I grab towels from our apartments, cut through the alleys, wait impatiently for the light at Archer and California, and dash up the school steps
7-17-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:    Hearings Tuesday on lawsuits against CPS school closings.Hearings begin today on two lawsuits seeking to block the Chicago school board’s decision to close 49 elementary schools and a high school program, with officials from the district and parents expected to testify over four days.   Hearings to