Saturday, September 09, 2006

Hold elected officials accountable for poor public school outcomes

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The following letter to the editor appeared in the Courier News Newspaper on 9/9/06. Hold elected officials accountable for poor public sc...
Friday, September 08, 2006

Educrats Spin Poll

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The following piece appeared on the Campus Report Online website. Educrats Spin Poll by: Malcolm A. Kline, August 24, 2006 The Gallup poll...
Thursday, September 07, 2006

California class size reduction. Great expenditure with minimal to no improvement in outcomes.

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The following piece appears on the Education Intelligence Agency website. California Redoubles Its Efforts. George Santayana once famou...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

D-50 board approves teachers' contract

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The below letter was written to the reporter in response to her District 50 article in the Northwest Herald. Dear Jenn, Without having see...
Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Parents to launch campaign for support of referendum

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The story at the end of this post appeared in the Northwest Herald and on the Students First Website. Parents who oppose this referendu...
Monday, September 04, 2006

The Camel’s Nose Of School Choice.

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Our friend Ralf Seiffe sent us the following piece which is posted on the Illinois Reveiw Website. The Camel’s Nose Of School Choice. By R...
Sunday, September 03, 2006

A bold plan to set black boys up for success

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The following article appeared in the The Chicago Sun Times. The Chicago Public Education System is failing this population. Choice is a...
Saturday, September 02, 2006

Myths and Misconceptions About Teaching: What Really Happens in Classrooms

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Heads up to a comment on Cal Skinner's Blog that lead to this post on the TC Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education website. Myth...
Friday, September 01, 2006

Teachers And Unions Disregard For Laws And Ethical Behavior

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Time and time again teachers and unions put their interests ahead of the very children they are to educate and the communities they serve. ...
Thursday, August 31, 2006

Teacher retirement fund consultant facing lawsuit

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The following article appeared in the Chicago Tribune. The allegations below are just part of the chronic problems that face our public s...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

District 300 Hires Northwest Herald’s Allison Smith to Run Public Relations

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Cal Skinner has a great piece on his Blog about Allison Smith. Allison Smith was a Northwest Herald reporter who is now the District 3...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

East Side schools will ask for tax hike

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The following story appeared in the Beacon News Newspaper. A fellow taxpayer from District 131 asked us to put this story on the CRAFT Bl...
Monday, August 28, 2006

Are U.S. History Textbooks Still Full of Lies and Half-Truths?

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The piece below by Ray Raphael appeared on the History News Network website. Are U.S. History Textbooks Still Full of Lies and Half-Truths?...
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Saturday, August 26, 2006

Unions Serve Teachers, Fail the Students

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The following piece appeared on the Real Clear Politics website. No commentary needed the piece speaks for itself. July 23, 2006 Unions S...
Thursday, August 24, 2006

Illinois is a high-tax state

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The following letter to the editor appeared in the Daily Southtown Newspaper. In McHenry County School Districts must adopt referendum que...

Restitution?

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The following story appeared in the Chicago Tribune. Ex-school official must pay $40,000 Published August 24, 2006 SAUK VILLAGE -- A form...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006

The solution: School vouchers

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The following letter to the editor appeared in the Daily Southtown Newspaper. Letter to the Editor: The solution: School vouchers 8/21/200...
Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Newspapers not giving full details of District 158 contract.

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Below is a partial post from Cal Skinner's Blog. We hope it is clear to District 158 voters that the referendum they passed two years ag...
Monday, August 21, 2006

A warn for those thinking of supporting future referenda. This too will happen to you.

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A note from one of our email subscribers who unsuccessfully tried to defeat a referendum in her community last spring. FYI - here in Waterlo...
Sunday, August 20, 2006

Lawrence Miller is voting no on the District 225 referendum. Are you?

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District 225 is going to referendum in November to issue $94 million in bonds. They have said what they want the money for, but have not an...