Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Test boycott support grows. Berrios takes a vow of silence.

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There's 3 good letters and one crappy one in this morning's Trib.  Julie Woestehoff writes re. the ISAT test boycott calling ...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Let Teachers Teach!...Moses, Ayers, Ravitch, Cunningham...

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At yesterday's Let Us Teach rally in Pilsen protesting CPS threats to punish teachers who support parents and boycott useless standard...
Monday, March 10, 2014

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Team Englewood at LTAB Team Englewood Spoken Word Team "Hide Your Schools, Hide Your Homes, Hide Your Children, 'Cause...

School-to-prison pipeline

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Former judge Mark Ciavarella was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison for his involvement in the Kids for Cash scandal; NEW FILM... R...

True 'grit'

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The next of my fellow academics who mentions the word "grit" to me is going to feel the wrath of my electric sander on their be...
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Sunday, March 9, 2014

Was Rahm lying about a deal with Preckwinkle?

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Last week's interview with S-T City Hall reporter Fran Spielman , Rahm claimed Toni Preckwinkle has promised him that she won't ...
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Saturday, March 8, 2014

Oh mama, can this really be the end...?

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Sens. McConnell & Coburn at CPAC Now the senator came down here Showing ev’ryone his gun Handing out free tickets To the wedding of...
Friday, March 7, 2014

Murphy's Law...Rahm's joke...DFER's $$$

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A good question Georgia parent asks Pres. Obama, "Why don’t private schools adopt your test-based school reforms?" -- Washington ...
Thursday, March 6, 2014

Run Robert, Run!

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In Monday's interview with Fran Spielman , Rahm claims Toni Preckwinkle has promised him that she won't run against him in 2015...
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Rahm -- 'I don't want to be a phony'

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Nixon -- "I am not a crook" Whenever a politician begins by saying something like Richard Nixon did -- "I am not a crook...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Listen to Mike Klonsky and Julian Vasquez Heilig on Rag Radio in Austin, TX

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Rag Radio: Fighting for Public Education with Julian Vasquez Heilig & Mike Klonsky (February 28, 2014) Julian Vasquez Heilig and M...
Monday, March 3, 2014

CTU Press Release

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                   CONTACT: Stephanie Gadlin   312/329-6250 C...

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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CTU Pres. Karen Lewis asks NPE conferees, "If you support the [test-boycotting] teachers at Saucedo & Drummond, stand up and s...
Friday, February 28, 2014

Byrd-Bennett goes postal. Boycott movement grows.

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Nice flight down to Austin this morning. It seemed like half the plane (slight exaggeration) was filled with Chicago, NPE Conference goer...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Suspensions/expulsions key to building charter school 'culture'

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"Charter schools should not be allowed to 'expel' their way to better performance if they are truly public schools." -- ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Saturday in Austin

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I'm looking forward to the NPE Conference taking place Saturday and Sunday in Austin at The Thompson Conference Center at the Univers...

Saucedo test boycott -- 'A step towards reclaiming humanity, joy of learning and education.'

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A SmallTalk Salute ...This one goes out to the 40 teachers at Maria Saucedo Elementary Scholastic Academy who voted unanimously Tuesday to...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

The war on teachers: Test 'em all, let God sort 'em out

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Arne Duncan demands Value-Added teacher evaluation asking, “ What’s there to hide?” BUSH MENTALITY...Remember when Bush and Cheney de...
Monday, February 24, 2014

"So if Christian didn’t like the pension bill, then why did he vote for it?"

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In this morning's mail.. . Jay Travis asks a great question of her opponent, incumbent 26th Dist. Rep. Christian Mitchell. He'...

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Michael Brenner A feature of the Obama presidency has been his campaign against the American public school system, eating way at th...