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Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
Sunday, July 21, 2013

Newark's NEW Caucus on Chicago Layoffs

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Some of them were union activists, trying to make their public schools and their union better.... NEW Caucus The Chicago layoff story whil...
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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Hey Arne: Chicago Schools Branded a Failure by Mayor Emanuel and Brizzard

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Even more insulting is that Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis refused to sit on the board to discuss how the extra 90 minutes wo...
Friday, July 8, 2011

Chicago Notes

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Last Update: Sunday, July 10, 2011, 3AM GEM At LaCASITA Friday, July 8, 2011, 6AM Chicago As usual, I'm the only one up. We ar...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

There's an April Brizard Hitting Chicago

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When news reports surfaced late last year about his wife angling for a role in the all-girls charter school, Superintendent Brizard said ...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Eduwonk Takes Note of Events in Chicago as Karen Lewis is Turning into the Anti-Randi

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With new Chicago union chief Karen Lewis taking office on July 1, expect her to become the anti-Randi. Eduwonk has noticed while Alex Russo ...
Saturday, October 17, 2009

Chicago Resistance to Ed Deform Grows as Does Opposition in the Union

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Maybe it takes 15 years of mayoral control and the entire ed deform program to get things moving. Chicago has been the poster boy, having ha...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Is Arne Duncan Guilty of Murder? Will BloomKlein Be Next?

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The violence around Chicago schools has received national attention. Today's Times has a major story , but as usual only tells half of i...
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Friday, October 2, 2009

'Chicago Turnaround' the deadliest 'reform' of them all

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Norm: I'm posting this and thought you might like to share with New York friends. It's been very very busy here. George Sch...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

New Yorkers Contesting Push by Bloomberg and Klein to Privatize Public Schools

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Susan Ohanian sends us this comment and link to an article written by ICE/GEM NYC teacher John Lawhead for George Schmidt's Substance...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Chicago: Ed Forecast for the Nation

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Today's announcement that Obama education plan to call for performance-based pay should focus out attention on Chicago. Don't forge...
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Monday, March 2, 2009

How do you watch Arne Duncan...

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....operate as the leader of the Chicago school system - read this post as an example - People need to know what is happening in Chicago--...
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Saturday, February 28, 2009

People need to know what is happening in Chicago--forecast for the US

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People need to know what is happening in Chicago because it is a preview of the national agenda for urban schools. Since 2004, under Arne Du...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Chicago Teachers Organize Against Privatization

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With a severely weakened union, there's a new union caucus in town in Chicago. CORE ( Caucus of Rank and File Educators) organized the p...
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Arne Duncan, Segregationist?

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Would the first African-American president appoint as an education secretary someone who has led Chicago backwards in terms of integration a...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Some Thoughts

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From Loretta on ICE mail: When I saw the photo of the pilot and noted the gray hair, I thought that if Joel Klein ran American Airways the ...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Are Racial Achievement Gaps Closing in Chicago?

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Gee, has it only been 13 years of mayoral control and market-based education with 2 Superintendents (Vallas and Duncan) who were not educato...
Monday, October 27, 2008

Debating School Reform: George Schmidt on Bill Ayres and Mike Klonsky

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NOTE: 2 versions of this article were posted accidentally and each elicited comments, which have been consolidated into one post while the o...
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