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Friday, August 22, 2014

8-22-14 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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Glen Brown. IRTA asks judge for summary judgement based on ISC Kanerva v. Weems.
- From the Illinois Retired Teachers Association (IRTA): This motion filed in Sangamon County asks Judge Belz to make a summary judgment on the lawsuit in lieu of a trial due to the Illinois Supreme Court ruling on state employees’ health insurance. - Glen Brown blogs at Teacher/Poet/Musician Glen Brown ISEA, RSEA, HEATON AND HARRISON PLAINTIFFS’ JOINT MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS TO T
If you love this city…
When I read that the Karen Lewis mayoral campaign committee filed papers with the State Board of Elections Wednesday morning it just added to what we all know. Karen is running for Mayor of Chicago. “If you love this city, write a check,” I wrote on Facebook. When I read my own words I kind of surprised myself. Do I really love this city? I don’t love Rahm’s Chicago. Or Penny Pritzker’s Chicago.
8-21-14 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.: Jersey Jazzman. The myth of the burned-out older veteran teacher. We get better with age.- Jersey Jazzman is a teacher and education blogger. Non-teacher David Boies is absolutely convinced that we are plagued by old, bad, burned-out teachers; that’s why we need to get rid of tenure, see, and replace