#BowtieFriday!! April 29, 2022
Quick! Look behind you! It’s all of this last week!! Because you made it! Happy Bow Tie Friday! Make it as good as you’d like,
Month: April 2022
I don’t like memorizing life; I like life, and so I remember it: installment: Karen Lewis
We never met. I stood next to her several times but we never exchanged words. My loss. I remember thinking years earlier with a few friends back in the latter days of his tenure, that […]
CPS Schools Should Never Have Had to Compete Against Each Other for Resources. And the Fix Needs to be Better, but Without Input Hope Looks Grim
Walt Disney Elementary is an amazing school. It’s fine arts concentration competes with all in the district. Disney has not always been a Level 1 elementary school. I had the honor of serving on a […]
Pound the Pavement that You Believe In: I canvass for education advocates, like Senator Rob Martwick and Representative Lindsey LaPointe.
I am proud of my experience advocating for candidates who fight for accountable democracy in Chicago’s public education system, from policy to politics. People are what can make this work. I am proud of my […]
#BowtieFriday April 22, 2022
Yes, yes, yes we did! We made it!! Enjoy your victory! Happy Bow tie Friday!
We just certified our election results! No one stormed the school! All politics is glocal.
Every effort of democracy is within the larger context of the societal experiment of power Every effort of democracy is within the larger context of the societal experiment of power embedded in the people. In […]
Chicago Tribune: You Can Vote in Local School Council Wednesday (Elementary) and Thursday (High School)
The Chicago Trib knows it’s stuff and it knows you should vote in tomorrow’s LSC elections. Take ownership of our schools. Uniforms? Books? Computers? Principal Contracts? Teacher positions? Your vote tomorrow will help shape all […]
#BowtieFriday April 15!
We made it! A great way to start the day on the CTA! Make it a good one!
6 Days Until First Local School Council Election Day
Amazed by everyone who is on the ballots of LSCs across Chicago. Amazing. Candidates: you have six days. If you would like some tips: I am glad you’re here. We need you. Time to take […]
Typewriter Thought 102 of Three Sixty Five twotwo
Almost always. Your stress is only as powerful as you are.
Chicago Public Schools mistakenly received $87
million in aid — Illinois State Board of Education
to Recoup and Redistribute the money
They bet on our students and they lost. Now our students will pay the price. The system is broken. https://www.asumag.com/facilities-management/business-finance/article/21238617/chicago-schools-mistakenly-received-87-million-in-aid-because-of-states-miscalculation As if we all predicted:
CPS is Gambling with Students and that means we All lose
We are told to accept CPS funding formulas just “because that’s the way it’s done.” Please. This is not how it Should be done. And we should work to change this: CPS gave us no […]
Happy #BowTieFriday! #WeMADEit #MakeitAGoodone #ohyesYouCan – April 8, 2022
What makes a great day better? Celebrating together!! Good morning and haply bow tie Friday!
It can be done! Full Ballots For Local School Council Elections!
Do it, Chicago! “The late push resulted in 6,129 candidates running for LSCs, enough so that more than 96% of schools have enough people to fill open seats and meet quorum requirements next year, the […]
“As if our students and schools haven’t been through enough the last two years, CPS & Mayor Lightfoot hit our schools with another blow: $42M in budget cuts.” – RHY IL
Raise Your Hand Illinois is one of my most trusted and admired education advocacy group in Illinois. They are doing a terrific job organizing. Use this link to join the cause: https://www.ilraiseyourhand.org/action-items/nocpscuts
1,500 students. Over 65% Black and Latinx, over 10% Asian/Pacific: CPS Expects Me to Decide Next Year’s Budget for these Students and they Haven’t Even Shown Me the Numbers Yet.
The vote is scheduled for tomorrow. Updates to come.
Dear Chicagoans Not Yet Deeply Involved in the Fight for our Public Education: CPS Has Asked The Council and Me to Pass an Entire Budget for Our School in less than 72 Hours. P.S. They’re professional managers. I am a volunteer public servant.
I do not know what more I can add. Chicago Public Schools is continuing its deliberate and designed divestment from our schools in favor of advocating for school options that promote less equitable opportunities. Case […]
Labor Victories: The News That Makes Me Optimistic For The Future.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-workers-union-victory-bolsters-revitalized-labor-movement-11648904400 The Labor Movement is the Story of the American Movement. The very experience of our Republic is empirically entwined with the objection of unabridged capitalism — we at our root core object to overarching […]
#BowtieFriday, April 1, 2022
No foolin’! We made it!! Have a good one today and , why not? Have a good day tomorrow, too!