CCSD 46 Teachers Working to the Contract

Since yesterday, the teachers of District 46 schools are working strictly to the letter of the hours outlined in the contract that expired June 30th of this year. This was first reported in the comments of the Daily Herald. I confirmed this with Superintendent Correll this morning. I did ask several other questions that could [...]

CCSD 46 Approve Intent to Strike

Yesterday, the Grayslake Teachers Union voted to approve an intent to strike. They cannot strike however until Nov. 6 at the earliest. I am not surprised by this move in the least. A strike threat is just the beginning salvo for the teachers intent to use the children they teach as negotiating pawns. From the [...]

Kids Find Cost Free Solution Instead of Teachers, Administration

The article from the Chicago Sun-Times is highlighting the need for Recess and other activities in Chicago Public Schools. In doing so they pointed out how the kids came up with a cost-free way to have after school programs to help the kids stay off the streets. They asked parents to volunteer to lead after-school [...]

Vote Yes and We'l Lower Your Taxes

The bond referendum for Warren Township is one of the strangest and most manipulative I have seen. The board voted to lower the tax rate only if the voters allowed them to borrow $30 million dollars.   Warren Township High School officials would cut their tax rate if voters grant permission to borrow $30 million, [...]

Grayslake teachers union to take strike vote Monday

The Daily Herald is reporting that the Grayslake 46 teachers union will be voting on Monday whether or send a notice to strike. Once they take this step, they have to wait at least 10 days before they can actually call a strike. Negotiations will be continuing and a federal mediator will be helping with [...]

Grayslake Uses Obama Filled Text Book

On Monday of this week, Real Debate Wisconsin was notified that the Racine Unified School District was using a text book that contains a 15 page love-fest for Obama. (Story below) I have confirmed that this same book is being used by Grayslake District 46 as well. I spoke with the District’s Curriculum Coordinator, Lynn [...]

Public School Indoctrination Continues Unabated

Here are a couple of recent stories on how our public government schools are indoctrinating our children. Real Debate Wisconsin has been notified that the Racine Unified School District is using a text book that contains a 15 page love-fest for Obama The Creative Arts Charter School in San Francisco took 18 first-graders to the [...]

Christian Books Denied at School Libraries

Students in Fairfax County tried to donate books to school libraries. These Christian books on homosexuality were denied donation. This is ironic since librarians and teachers are fighting to keep books that are age inappropriate in their libraries.

Rewriting American History and How To Fix the Education System

We continue to dumb down our students by Rewriting American History to be politically correct. It is time we stopped this practice and started teaching what really happened and why we became know as the melting pot. Today we are separate pots. The following quote is from the Bradley Report, “E Pluribus Unum” (“from many, [...]

Public school economics: It's the structure, stupid

From the Champion: To use economic terminology, the school reform debate is about a bottom line: student achievement. After years of pouring money into the public schools, public school students have not shown commensurate improvement in academic achievement. Parents, taxpayers, and concerned citizens are still not being given adequate answers as to why this is [...]

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