Grayslake Dist. 46 Pays for Awards

The Daily Herald has a report today on how much the district paid to get the Blue Ribbon Awards they received last November. The total costs was over $40,000. What’s not mentioned is South Carolina-based Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Inc. named the award winners after being paid $22,192 to assess seven District 46 schools. [...]

Grayslake Mayor Says No to SB2288/HB750

Grayslake Mayor Tim Perry and the Grayslake Board voted 5-0 this week against the passage of SB2288/HB750. [Emphasis mine]            Grayslake village board members voted 5-0 in favor of a resolution against the Senate proposal. The village’s position will be communicated to lawmakers in Springfield. “If there is no guarantee there is permanent property tax [...]

Reject Ploy to Hike Taxes for Education

“Reject ploy to hike taxes for education” is the title of a letter to the editor in the Daily Herald. [Emphasis mine]            State government thinks educating Illinois children is about money, not learning. The Illinois State Board of Education regularly lowers the achievement bar so we can keep wishfully thinking no child’s being left [...]

Education Funding Reform – Tax Swap HB750

The yearly effort by Illinois Legislators to raise your taxes under the guise of Education Reform has returned. this time it is under a new name SB2288. You can read the full bill and see its co-sponsors at the General Assembly website. The Senate Education Committee votes tomorrow, Wednesday afternoon on this money grab. Please [...]

School Finance

Recently, the Daily Herald did a 10 piece story on School Finance in the State of Illinois. Public schools’ revenue growth outpaces inflation Chapter 2: Unequal state equalizer Chapter 3: Suburban taxpayers’ heavy share Chapter 4: 1 of every 2 education dollars stays in classroom Chapter 5: Non-class costs weigh heavy on schools Chapter 6: [...]

Taxing U and Me into Extinction Why?

The title of this post comes from the sign below. It is being displayed on a Grayslake business and is very timely. There are many people complaining about how much there assessments have risen this year. They know this means their taxes will go up in the spring. I have heard many times that Lake [...]

Big Hollow Wants Your Money

Sorry for the light blogging. I have been on vacation and have now returned. I will be catching up over the coming weeks and will start with the Big Hollow School District. The Big Hollow School District 38 has made it official, they are putting another referendum on the ballot. This time for a working [...]

Do Suburban Schools Produce Better Educated Students?

Do suburban schools produce better educated students? According to most parents they do. However, the Wall Street Journal reports that a study by the Pacific Research Institute shows that suburban schools are Worse Than You Think (Hat tip: Extreme Wisdom) [Emphasis mine].            Conventional wisdom holds that upscale communities tend to have “good”

The Blank Check Society

While reading this weeks Carnival of Education I came across a post entitled, Unable to educate. As I read it, all I could think about was how we have become a blank check society. The hallmark of this society is that the government has a blank check they can use to take care of everyone. [...]

The Achievement Trap

The Jacke Kent Cooke Foundation, along with Civic Enterprises, LLC released a report on Sept. 10 on the Achievement Trap: How America is Failing Millions of High-Achieving Students form Lower-income Families. You can read their Press Release and look at the entire Report. I have excerpts of both below along with my opinions. [Emphasis mine] [...]

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