insider for Sept. 7 Pick up any newspaper lately and you’ll find disturbing headlines: “Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System selling off $3B to cover benefits;” “Critics: Illinois lottery contract cloaked in secrecy;” “Brady: Schools could skip teacher pay raises.” On Nov. 2, you will have the opportunity to vote and have a say in who it is that will lead [...]
In the News for Sept. 8, 2010 Who will be Chicago’s next mayor? now that Daley has shocked the city with his announcement he is not going to run, the floodgates have opened and bigger-name, more formidable candidates are sticking toes, feet, entire limbs in the water. Lawmakers: Mayor Daley’s Exit from Chicago To Be Felt Statewide SPRINGFIELD — Richard Daley is [...]
In the News for Sept. 7, 2010 Organized labor still has a role to play It’s an argument we’ve heard more than a few times in recent years: Analysis Notes Virtual Ed. Priorities in RTT Winners While public education experts have for weeks debated which priorities weighed most heavily in the second round of the federal Race to the Top grant competition [...]
Education, Jobs, Justice! IEA members marched on Labor Day in Rockford, Danville, Champaign, Decatur, Galesburg, Streator, Kincaid and the 100th Anniversary Labor Day Parade in Westville. They marched behind the banner of “Save Our Schools” and under the banner of “IEA: Education, Jobs, Justice.” Members continued to deliver the message that great public schools in every community are a [...]
Win a pair of tickets to the Chicago Bears home opener! All IEA members are eligible to win a pair of end zone seats for this Sunday’s game between the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions at Chicago’s Soldier Field. IEA is a sponsor of the Chicago Bears Radio Network and the tickets are compliments of the Network and WBBM-AM radio, the Network’s flagship station. [...]
Retired/Student Mentoring Program The Student/Mentee Would you like to have a mentor? Do you believe that you will encounter situations that a mentor could provide insight? Do you trust the opinion of others or do you believe that only you can provide solutions which will lead to a successful resolution of your perceived problems? Do you enjoy having [...]
September 2010 Advocate Your September 2010 Advocate should be arriving in your mailbox soon. In it, you will find several articles related to the Nov. 2 election, including an article on one of your fellow IEA members, Sheila Simon, who is running for lieutenant governor as Gov. Pat Quinn’s running mate. You’ll also be able to read about [...]
Sheila Simon, IEA member, lieutenant governor candidate Sheila Simon, running mate to Gov. Pat Quinn, talks about her candidacy, her IEA membership and what she envisions doing in the lieutenant governor’s office. Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), MP3 Audio (.mp3)
Race to the Top process, “fatally flawed” Last month, the US Department of Education announced the recipients of the second and possibly final round of the federal Race to the Top grants. The competitive grants were to be awarded based on assessments made by consultants hired by the department. Illinois did not receive any of the grants, which went to nine states [...]
President Swanson: Organized labor still relevant, necessary It’s an argument we’ve heard more than a few times in recent years: “The time for unions has passed. We once needed them, but there are now workplace protections that make unions no longer necessary or desirable.” It is certainly true that we no longer have sweatshops that employ school-age children in low-paying and dangerous [...]
