Clik here to view.
A struggle for education justice in Chicago
THE COMING battle between the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will have a national impact, and it will be fought over the issues of race, class and social justice--or as...
View ArticleThe Schools Chicago's Students Deserve
“This report will quickly become the leading public policy platform for all people truly interested in how to reverse the status quo in our city's public schools,” Chicago Teachers Union President...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unions to protest Rahm at Milwaukee fundraiser Wednesday (3/28/12)
Union members from Illinois and Wisconsin will be protesting in Milwaukee on Monday, March 28, 2012, against the appearance in Milwaukee of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel at an expensive fundraising event...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Get on the bus to Springfield to support neighborhood schools!
Illinois State Rep. Cynthia Soto sponsored HB4487 which would place a moratorium on school closings, consolidations and phase-outs in CPS for the 2012-2013 school year. Sen. Iris Martinez sponsored...
View ArticleHow the ALEC Agenda becomes the Law of the Land
From the ALEC site itself: ALEC – American Legislative Exchange Council History A nonpartisan membership association for conservative state lawmakers who shared a common belief in limited government,...
View ArticleRyancare and Obamacare Both Require Individual Mandate
As the Supreme Court this week begins to consider the fate of the two-year old Affordable Care Act (ACA), ironies abound. For starters, while health care is worst in Republican red states, its...
View ArticleWill the Supreme Court End Republicans' Privatization Dream?
After another bad day for the Affordable Care Act at the Supreme Court, voices across the political spectrum are already pondering life after death for health care reform. Conservative Ross Douthat...
View ArticlePetrilli's polemic against Alfie Kohn: Half-reactionary, half-mendacious
First published in Schools Matter on March 26, 2012 Excerpt: With a shameful broadside against the esteemed Alfie Kohn, Fordham's Michael Petrilli demonstrates once more why he's the darling of The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rahm's school board attacks on democracy
Seven parents and community activists — representing thousands of other parents across Chicago and decades of experience in local school council and other public education work — gathered in the lobby...
View ArticlePrivatization Threatens Open Government
As consumers we upgrade our operating software and smartphones to the next version because we know that technology changes. We adapt so we’re not left behind without access to information. As citizens...
View ArticleChristie to his Accusers: I never knew them
Denial. It's the ultimate refuge of a scoundrel. And apparently some conservative governors too ... Kraft Foods, Coca Cola to discontinue membership in conservative ALEC group by Megan DeMarco,...
View ArticleThe Scrooge of New York may have won school voucher fight in S.C.
The deceitful and vindictive Howard Rich and his crony friends may have finally won the private school, publicly funded voucher war in South Carolina.
View Article(Dont) Blame it (all) on Texas! Education Deform Is Bipartisan
A recent diary on the rec list (link) laid a lot of blame on Texas, Rick Perry, and assorted rightwing players and policies, for cutting and mauling public education. This continued in the comments,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Report: Chicago Teachers Already Work A Very Long School Day
As the debate over how long the Chicago Public Schools school day should be wages on, a new analysis released this week lends credence to the argument that CPS teachers already put in exceptionally...
View ArticleAsk Mitt: Freedom for whom? Opportunity for what?
From Mitt's latest 'Morning in GOP America' spiel ... Mitt Romney Delivers Remarks: "Freedom and Opportunity" by Mitt Romney, mittromney.com -- March 30, 2012 Romney: [...] One must ask whether we...
View ArticleSay Hello to the United Corporations of GOP-America
Oh if only Corporate Raiders, ruled the world ... They would fix everything! They would "fix-it" good. Largest private equity firms -- wikipedia The following is a ranking of the largest private...
View ArticleIntroducing America's Second MBA President
The Republican presidential nominee has an MBA from the prestigious Harvard Business School. He made millions in the private sector and earned notoriety for running a high-profile sports enterprise....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Calling BS on the "Privatization is More Efficient" Meme
There is a meme out there that does not get nearly enough push back. It is the idea that the private sector is always going to be more efficient than the public one. This is the whole of the idea...
View ArticleBIRTHING JUSTICE: Our Hope is in Our Struggle – Reclaiming Land and Life in...
By Beverly Bell and Lauren Elliott April 30, 2012 Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which...
View ArticleCNBC Poll plus Ad = Blatant SS Privatize Fail
We are loving our Social Security checks, which have arrived in our lives just in time to help pay my wife's cancer treatment bills. What we are not loving are efforts to change Social Security and...
View Article
