Do we need to change the ways schools are funded?
This is a loaded question for most people right now. Everyone should know my opinion by now so I’ll defer to the statements of Ralph Matire and Jeff Mays . Ralph says YES and Jeff says NO. Thanks to the Heartland Institute for this.
Ethics case against schools chief begins
The Daily Herald is covering the story of Dr. Anderson’s ethics violations charges. Read the full article. Members of an ethics commission began hearing evidence Thursday as to whether Grayslake Elementary District 46′s superintendent violated the school board’s ethics rules by allowing fliers to go home with students promoting a tax increase. ….. “I definitely [...]
Transparency Can Bring Trust
The Daily Herald had an article yesterday showing why voters voters do not trust school referendums. (Hat tip: Extreme Wisdom) Palatine Township Elementary District 15 claimed they would have to shorten the school day by 40 minutes for the Junior High if the referendum failed. The referendum failed, but the new board voted to keep [...]
State trying to force 5 year olds to school
State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago) introduced SB 409 that would force children as young as 5 to be in school. The current age is 7. This change would only affect about 5% of 5 and 6 year olds and would cost the schools $17 million. This is a bad idea on multiple levels. First, it [...]
K-12 Establishment is Putting America’s Industrial Leadership at Risk
Here is another great article from Hillsdale College. This one is entitled K-12 Establishment is Putting America’s Industrial Leadership at Risk and was given by Robert J. Herbold, a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. In it, he shares multiple stats about how the U.S. rates against other nations. He [...]
Superintendent out of race for state group
The Daily Southtown has an update on Supt. Thomas Ryan. He’s the one who was using district funds to pay for his daughters’ tuition. After these reports came out he has decided to drop out of race for state president of the Illinois Association of School Administrators. You can read the details here.
Facing tough crowd New school board gets no honeymoon
This article appeared in the Chicago Tribune today. I was not able to attend the meeting Monday night, but I have gotten details since then. I heard there was cheering when they were told all the committee members had resigned after the election. I’m sorry, but that is kind of childish. Mr. Wasserman selling his [...]
HB 750/SB 1484 Flyer
This flyer is from Extreme Wisdom. Please print as many off as you want and distribute them. Download and print this flyer
Knowing History and Knowing Who We Are
David McCullough, Historian, gave the speech entitled “Knowing History and Knowing Who We Are” February 15, 2005, in Phoenix, Arizona, at Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar. (Hat tip: Extreme Wisdom) I will excerpt several passages below, but it talks about how we are failing to teach the next generation the history of our nation. They [...]
District Funds Used To Pay Daughter's Tuition
The Daily Southtown has a article today showing corruption in another school district. This time the school chief used district funds to pay his daughters’ tuition. Thomas E. Ryan, longtime head of Community Consolidated School District 168, ordered a total of $68,580 paid to three universities during the past eight years to cover his daughters’ [...]
