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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

4-29-14 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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Ten minute drawing. A riddle.




Good luck students. Your professors are heading for the exits.
Under provisions of the State University Retirement System’s money purchase option, 10,000 state university employees are eligible to retire by July 1. As a result of the Senate Bill 1 pension theft passed last December 3rd and signed immediately by Squeezy, thousands are heading for the exits to avoid loosing thousands of dollars in post retirement compensation. Senator Dan Biss was a member of
You can’t fix stupid and at CPS the term “professional staff” doesn’t mean teachers. No bare chests.
  It turns out that the memo posted here yesterday from CPS Barbara Byrd Bennett that some principals distributed to building teachers and staff wasn’t for them. The memo was a directive that demanded adherence to a dress code. For men it demanded suits, slacks, shirts (!) and, when appropriate, ties. For women it included suits, tailored separates, skirts and dresses. “As we attempt to change ou








4-28-14 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.: Journalism.I admit that I am flexible about this journalism thing. I’m not a journalist. I’m a retired K-5 art teacher who writes a blog. And I am an activist around a bunch of issues. That doesn’t mean I don’t try to be honest and accurate. But unlike most of who make questionable claims to being jou