Mike Klonsky's Blog

Diane Ravitch speaks at SOS pre-march conference It seems like I've been doing this most of my adult life. Coming to D.C. to march ar...

Conferees discuss post-march strategies at our Think/Do Tank Workshop The first day of the SOS conference was powerful. Hundreds of teach...

A third of black & Latino families have no wealth Hispanic families accounted for the largest single decline in wealth of any ethnic a...

Republicans are winning it

No more golfing with Boehner! Thousands will rally today at noon in front of congressional offices. Make the call Wednesday for the Nation...

Volunteers needed in Wisconsin recall elections Wisconsin Democrats are now within striking distance of taking back control of the state ...

American University Thursday, July 28 from 1:45 - 3:45 P.M.  The national SOS action in Washington isn’t the end but hopefully the beginni...

" It has a huge effect on student morale," she said, especially for students who lack needed stability in other parts of their li...

Bill Gates Our big investment in school reform. "hasn't led to significant improvements." -- Wall Street Journal.  Joel Klein ...

Some guy named Farley says, "Hyatt is sorry." CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hyatt hotels apologized Friday for an incident in which h...

(Chicago CBS News How would you like to be a student at Penn Elementary School in North Lawndale as temperature rose above 100°? Penn is ...

Rahm's kids to private school "The problem with Lab is that it doesn't educate kids the way Emanuel says he wants the public...

Some readers questioned whether it was actually anyone in the Pritzker family who turned the heat lamps on picketing Hyatt workers yeste...

"I care deeply for my family. I don't care about you." -- Ward Room

On the mayor's decision to send his kids to Chicago Lab, a well-funded private school “We understand why he would choose a school with ...

M. Klonsky pic It was already approaching 100° at 8 a.m. when I arrived at the Park Hyatt where, after 22 months of stalled negotiations...

Following up on yesterday's post... UFT V.P. Leo Casey responded to my question about the union's position on the ending of the c...

Bloomberg called it, an "historic agreement." (NYT pic) Union leader raved about bonuses in '07 "Everybody wins, espec...

New York junks bonuses (for now) In some districts it's called "merit" or "performance" pay. In others, it's ...

Photo N. Marroquin Students have no tolerance for Zero Tolerance  "As a result of the current disciplinary policies, we don't f...