Jun
12
Dr. Packard… Full-time President Emeritus?
Category: Crystal Lake, Education, McHenry County | 
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-crossposted from the Northwest Herald:
MCC ponders Packard duties
CRYSTAL LAKE – Under fire for continuing to pay former President Walt Packard, the McHenry County College Board discussed ways Thursday to put him to work.
“We need to maximize the value that Dr. Packard could be providing to this institution,” trustee Donna Kurtz said.
Packard stepped [...]
May
9
Education Politics at COD: Education Bill of Rights Knocked Down by IEA Slate
Category: Dupage, Education | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from FrontPage Magazine:
On April 16, the Board of Trustees at the College of DuPage, a large community college in Illinois, made history by voting unanimously to adopt the Academic Bill of Rights and include it in the school’s policy manual, making DuPage the first campus in the nation to have adopted the actual text [...]
Nov
22
Obama’s Most Telling Appointment
Category: Education | Leave a Comment
Proft’s latest featured commentary on Don Wade & Roma:
Click here to listen to an .mp3 of this commentary as heard on this morning’s Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS AM-890.
Nov
13
-crossposted from the Chicago Tribune, by John Kass
Tolerance fails T-shirt test
As the media keeps gushing on about how America has finally adopted tolerance as the great virtue, and that we’re all united now, let’s consider the Brave Catherine Vogt Experiment.
Catherine Vogt, 14, is an Illinois 8th grader, the daughter of a liberal mom and a [...]
Nov
12
Chris Robbling on Public Affairs
Category: Education, federal, video | Leave a Comment
Chris Robbling’s criticism of the McCain campaign seems a bit extreme, like an arm-chair quarterback chewing up competing political consultants, but overall it’s a good show…
I don’t see how anyone can criticize Rick Davis’s TV ads as being un-memorable. The Obama/Hollywood ad was the most memorable of the season…
Oct
22
That’s what flyers being passed out in Norridge, IL are telling voters.
Remember the post that I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the anti-transparency shenanigans in Norridge and Ridgewood High School District 234? Well, now the supporters of a tax increase–which failed in February–are scaring people into voting for it by saying that they face home foreclosures, [...]
Oct
9
The Right to Know…Or Not?
Category: Cook County, Education | 1 Comment
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was a great step forward for citizens as they sought to learn about the behavior of their government and hold it to account. FOIA allows people to request certain types of information from government officials, including salaries, contracts, expenditures and more. There are some limits to what one can [...]
Aug
27
-crossposted from Sun-Times News Group
Ron Gidwitz, a Republican candidate for governor in 2006 and a successful businessman, believes state Sen. James Meeks (D-Chicago) is sincere when he talks about reforming the public school system in Illinois.
“When I heard what he was saying about the need for school funding reform, I just picked up the phone [...]
Aug
4
Back to School Politics
Category: Cook County, Education | Leave a Comment
State Senator Meeks calls for school boycott, demanding more education funding. (ABC7 Video)
also
Meeks renews call to send kids to New Trier(Sun-Times)
Lastly, Farrakan Blasts Education System(Sun-Times)
Jul
30
James Meeks Suportts Publick Skools
Category: Education, State, suburbs | Leave a Comment
Click here to listen to an .mp3 of this commentary as heard on this morning’s Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS AM-890.
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