tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post5233364734506819522..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: A calamity of seismic proportionMike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-42412979105068021612013-03-26T19:17:09.753-05:002013-03-26T19:17:09.753-05:00None of this is surprising...The "corporate-s...None of this is surprising...The "corporate-state education reformers" know well that the citizenry is largely uninformed. Until we get past that hurdle, it's downhill for public education from here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/106337306/THE-CHICAGO-PUBLIC-SCHOOLS-ALLERGIC-TO-ACTIVISMLuis Gabriel Aguilerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776914425711379256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-74426835987432661322013-03-26T01:55:58.761-05:002013-03-26T01:55:58.761-05:00pb--Brilliant observation, &, unfortunately, h...pb--Brilliant observation, &, unfortunately, how right you are. Even more unfortunate for those suburbs where people already have more than they need to deal with. And, just like ambulance chasers, the charterizers will follow on their heels!<br /><br />YES--let's enroll all those kids in K12 Virtual Charter "Schools" (in quotes, because NO way are these really schools)! If we can't get into those 18 suburbs* that have no use for us anyway, surely we can follow the CPS refugees!<br /><br />*Even though it would appear that none of those 18 school districts will approve the K12 charter<br />applications, the IL State Charter School Commission (not sure of the exact name) could overrule their decisions. Can you say dystopian society?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-79621500285066798422013-03-24T15:11:34.845-05:002013-03-24T15:11:34.845-05:00It's not just Chicago that suddenly has a &quo...It's not just Chicago that suddenly has a "utilization crisis". This same rancid lie is being rolled out as we speak in cities across the nation. The strategy was outlined in a Broad Foundation document long before any of this garbage hit the media. The document was taken off the Broad Foundation site but not before others grabbed it to spread around. Phase 2, already planned out but not publicized is the roll out of more charters in a city of underutilized schools. Can't wait to see the lies and spin used to justify that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-79347634438788402002013-03-24T12:12:36.970-05:002013-03-24T12:12:36.970-05:00Fallout from closing projects and displacing kids ...Fallout from closing projects and displacing kids and families to the townships of Dolton and Harvey. pbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03549685599628662650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-60441101736260813282013-03-24T10:42:28.633-05:002013-03-24T10:42:28.633-05:00I just read Mr. Emanuel quoted as saying, "th...I just read Mr. Emanuel quoted as saying, "that the pain of the closings doesn't compare to the anguish of "trapping" kids in failing schools." But it's being trapped in poverty that has the greatest impact on learning, or not learning. Where's his plan for that? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-47965773553907846042013-03-24T10:16:19.390-05:002013-03-24T10:16:19.390-05:00Didn't Rahm diss and can Brizzard for going on...Didn't Rahm diss and can Brizzard for going on his annual family vacation during the teachers' strike? Always a double standard for those at the top.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-89218036012705115292013-03-24T10:10:03.645-05:002013-03-24T10:10:03.645-05:00School reform is the CANCER of America's publi...School reform is the CANCER of America's public schools. - Mountain Man Insight<br /><br />Read more: www.mountainmaninsights.org Education TerminationHonest Henryhttp://www.mountainmaninsights.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-64333269037718074232013-03-23T14:29:55.613-05:002013-03-23T14:29:55.613-05:00He need more than a PR strategy, IIHIHOW. He needs...He need more than a PR strategy, IIHIHOW. He needs a permanent ski vacation in Utah. Maybe he can go play golf with Pope Benedict. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-76386351601201435122013-03-23T14:27:30.847-05:002013-03-23T14:27:30.847-05:00Rahm needs a new PR strategy. Who's idea was i...Rahm needs a new PR strategy. Who's idea was it for him to leave town when this thing dropped, along with the book-banning fiasco?Is it hot in here, or what?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-79324381547528584222013-03-23T13:31:34.901-05:002013-03-23T13:31:34.901-05:00You know, Mike, first it was closing schools due t...You know, Mike, first it was closing schools due to low test scores (& we all know how valid & reliable those Pear$on ISAts are!!). Being called on that, CPS looked for another excuse to close schools--AHA!<br />Underutilization! (My grammar check is indicating that that's not even a word.) Right, class sizes less than 40 or 50 are too small.<br />ANYTHING to close schools. ANYTHING to minimalize people who are not part of the 1%, & perpetrate the plan to make them all minimum wage Wal-Mart workers so the Kochs & their ilk may continue to amass more money than even a million people would ever need in ten lifetimes.<br />That having been said, the words of Karen Lewis,<br /><br />"We are the city of big shoulders and so we intend to fight."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com