Forum on charter schools. Looking at the research.
Please attend this public discussion featuring a panel of experts and researchers who have asked this important question, or have researched some of the charter scams and corruption cases associated with charter proliferation. Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 6:30 PM till 8:30 PM, Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave, Batavia, IL. 60510. In Chicago, Rahm Emanuel has shuttered 50 neighborhood scho
Bob Lyons. The TRS law suit.
Bob Lyons is a member of the Teacher Retirement System board of trustees. He represents all retirees in the TRS system. The IRTA in suing the state over the pension reduction bill sued Governor Quinn, State Comptroller Judy BarrTopinka, and the Board of Directors of the Teachers’ Retirement System. When the IEA and IFT file their suit, the individual members of the TRS Board will also be include
Rahm’s guy pleads guilty.
Amer Ahmad, who Mayor Emanuel hired as City Comptroller, has pled guilty to charges of money laundering. He faces 15 years in the slammer. He was hired by Rahm advisor Lois Scott. Scott still works for the Mayor. According to that plea, Hampton, 39, of Canton, Ohio, made secret payments to Ahmad, who steered state of Ohio securities brokerage work to Hampton. Ahmad and Joseph M. Chiavaroli, 33,
The in box. High praise, indeed.
Hey Fred, You remind me of Mike Royko. I met the Chicago Sun times columnist Royko at Billy Goats at the bar once. Told him I was a fan and had read all of his articles. He told me, “You didn’t read all of my stuff…fuck off!”.. My wife and I treasure that memory. I am a retired teacher from Wheaton, Il. Thank you for your work as there are many who use your blog to update ourselves on the current
There’s nothing in the contract about the temperature.
At 6:30 I got up to let Ulysses out. He didn’t want to go. The thermometer read -12 degrees. By the way. Now – three hours later – it says -14 degrees. Up until yesterday afternoon CPS boss Barbara Byrd-Bennett and Mayor Rahm Emanuel (who was vacationing in the South Pacific with his family) were saying the the schools would be open. Faculty and staff were expected to show up for work. Parents c
1-5-14 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.: Sunday reads.Glen Brown. The sinners of the last round lie completely sealed in ice… Canto XXXIV, Circle 9: The Inferno Chicago schools making AYP (Adequate Yearly Pooping). When he was young and smoked dope, I bet David Brooks was not the kind of guy you would want to get high with. You know the kind
