Mike Klonsky's Blog

Ref Rodriguez has finally resigned from the L.A. school board, but only after pleading guilty to a felony count of conspiracy and severa...

In the most expensive school board election in history, billionaire Eli Broad just bought himself a school system. Insuring, for the...

Oakland former Supt. Antwan Wilson seems nonplussed by parent/community protest.  A friend in D.C. asked me why I thought Oakland Supt. ...

In an unexpected move, Democrats have revised the K-12 education section of their party’s 2016 platform in important ways, backing the righ...

"Don’t follow leaders  Watch the parkin’ meters" -- Robert Zimmerman In '65, a prophetic Dylan must have had vision of C...

Louis C.K.  “Do you think they saw that s--- coming? Hitler was just some hilarious and refreshing dude with a weird combover who would...

Thanks to Kenyon super Prof. Peter Rutkoff for inviting us to come engage with students at Kenyon College yesterday. Undergrads we met, i...

CTU Pres. Karen Lewis "We have longer school days but less time to actually educate children ." -- Friday's  Press confere...

"No more prizes", says billionaire Eli Broad.  If your school district is hoping for a Broad Prize to carry it over the hump, ...

I knew John Deasy would land on his feet after being run out of  L.A.U.S.D.  under a cloud  of suspicion. He usually stays one step ahe...

Jay Travis and friends. When progressive 26th Dist. Rep. candidate Jay Travis went to her polling place to vote at 6 a.m. this morning,...

From left are Gap Chairman Bob Fisher, investor Charles Schwab and philanthropist Eli Broad. A state investigation found that the three we...

Lake Mary, FL resident Santiago Rodriguez "Zimmerman is a Sandy Hook, Aurora waiting to happen." -- Email to chief of police ...

Supes Academy principal training in Chicago The men who run Supes have, shall we say, a somewhat questionable track record. And all thi...

"No justice, no peace!" Protesters gather on Hwy.10 in L.A. Zimmerman Prosecutor Angela Corey following the verdict ...

Byrd-Bennett Barbara Byrd-Bennett (for future reference) “I’m here for the long haul. I don’t know what to do other than sign in blood...

Jesse Sharkey CTU's Jesse Sharkey As the threat of a teachers strike looms larger in Chicago, the result of Rahm's unwilling...

In case you were wondering who holds the real power in setting policy for Chicago Public Schools, follow this money stream. Here's an ex...

He sends in super-sub John Deasy to get things under control in L.A. But who's left on the bench? He's LAUSD's 4th superintende...

He's dreaming of a white Christmas "You heard of the Citizens Councils? Up north they think it was like the KKK. Where I come from ...