{"id":237564,"date":"2010-01-27T15:28:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/?p=5496"},"modified":"2010-01-27T15:28:10","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T20:28:10","slug":"in-the-news-jan-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/237564","title":{"rendered":"In the News ~ Jan. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Below are<\/strong>\u00a0links to news stories of interest from\u00a0newspapers that came up during a search\u00a0today.\u00a0\u00a0These links were active at the time of this e-mail, but should you want to save a story, printing it or cutting and pasting the entire article and saving it to\u00a0your computer is recommended.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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How will U-46 cut $40 million from budget?<\/a>
\nChicago Daily Herald – That projection is considered very conservative, because it assumes no raises for employees and stable state revenue. Several union contracts, including that of the Elgin teachers’ Association, are up in the coming months, and the state is nearly $20 million behind in its payments to the district. This is not the first time the state’s second-largest school district\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Charleston school leaders to discuss staff cuts today<\/a>
\nJournal&Gazette Times-Courier \u00a0– The board\u2019s additional meetings are scheduled for today and for Feb. 3. At both meetings, the board will also talk about upcoming contract negotiations with the Charleston Education Association teachers union, Littleford said.Littleford wouldn\u2019t elaborate on what staff positions the board will look at during the two meetings.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Georgetown school officials to discuss possible cuts<\/a>
\nChampaign News Gazette – School officials also met on Monday with members of the Georgetown-Ridge Farm Education Association, whose three-year contract with the district expires on June 30. Irwin said that this was the second time the two teams have met in the past five weeks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Charleston school leaders to discuss staff cuts today<\/a>
\nJournal&Gazette Times-Courier \u00a0– The board\u2019s additional meetings are scheduled for today and for Feb. 3. At both meetings, the board will also talk about upcoming contract negotiations with the Charleston Education Association teachers union, Littleford said. Littleford wouldn\u2019t elaborate on what staff positions the board will look at during the two meetings.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

New Lenox budget hole may swallow 4 teaching jobs<\/a>
\nChicago Tribune – The district has scheduled a special school board meeting for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the district office, 102 S. Cedar Road, to inform the community about the teacher cuts and possibly vote on them. The teacher cuts could be avoided if enough teachers inform officials in March and April that they will retire.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

District 181 cuts $1.72 million, keeps foreign language<\/a>
\nClarenden Hills Doings – \u00a0The board did not eliminate foreign language, despite previous discussions. Eliminating foreign language teachers would have cut the fifth-grade foreign language program, but no one made a motion to eliminate 2.5 full-time foreign language employees or one media resource center director,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Northwestern’s downtown campus locked down<\/a>\u00a0 Police are searching a building at Northwestern University’s downtown Chicago campus after receiving a report that a man inside may have a gun.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Granite City vice principal accused of sending photos of ex-student, lewd doll<\/a>
\nBelleville News-Democrat – Harshany, who has been suspended with pay from his $106,000-a-year job of vice principal and athletic director of Granite City High School, could be demoted to a teaching position pending a hearing next Tuesday before the school board.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A test for Quinn, Hynes: Back real reform<\/a>
\nChicago Sun Times – The comments and questions kept rolling in Tuesday after Monday night’s WTTW “Chicago Tonight” candidate forum, which I moderated, between Gov. Quinn and his Democratic challenger, state Comptroller Dan Hynes. Starting at 8 a.m. at my neighborhood breakfast joint and for the rest of the day, people who had seen it had something to say\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

No letup in Quinn vs. Hynes war of words<\/a>\u00a0 WBBM780\u00a0– Pat Quinn, but Hynes still declares himself the underdog and tries to portray incumbent Quinn as a decent guy who just can’t handle the job he was handed …\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Quinn Releases Heartfelt Final Ad Before Primary: “Me? I’m Counting On You.”<\/a>\u00a0 Huffington Post (blog)\u00a0– ? Governor Pat Quinn released a new campaign ad Wednesday, which will be the last before Tuesday’s primary. The ad comes as polling numbers show Quinn and Dan …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Governor’s race tightens in final week<\/a>
\nArlington Heights Daily – fears among voters by focusing on jobs even as the state’s unemployment remains in double digits. Democratic candidate Pat Quinn had nothing on his campaign schedule with only a week left. But Gov. Quinn’s public schedule included a South Side appearance to announce Ford Motor Co.’s plans to move more than 1,000 jobs to its Torrence Avenue plant.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brady promises balanced budget in 1st year<\/a>
\nDecatur WAND \u00a0– Republican Bill Brady is promising to balance the state budget in his first year in office if he’s elected Illinois governor. The state senator from Bloomington made the pledge during a debate Tuesday night at Chicago’s WTTW-TV against four other Republican challengers.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ex-Gov. Edgar decries attack ads, but they worked for him<\/a>\u00a0 Chicago Tribune (blog)\u00a0– Former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar today decried TV attack ads against his favored candidate for governor, saying he thinks \u201cthe voters deserve better. …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Editorial: For GOP, two stand out<\/a>
\nQuad Cities Dispatch Argus – On the Republican side of the ballot, there are six candidates left in the race for governor. Adam Andrzejewski, a 40 year-old with a business and non-profit background, and Dan Proft, 37-year-old radio commentator, are impressive candidates running for the wrong office at the wrong time. Both have a vision of using problems in Springfield as a means of bashing Democrats and rebuilding the\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Giannoulias decides to post donors<\/a>
\nChicago Daily Herald – Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias decided Tuesday to post a list of those funding his campaign for U.S. Senate after the Daily Herald revealed he was pushing off disclosure reports until the end of his primary. Democratic challenger Jacob Meister, who also was delaying disclosure, has not yet moved to make the donors public.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jackson seeks spot on U.S. Senate<\/a>
\nQuad Cities Dispatch Argus Leader – \u00a0education in the country, she said, adding every child deserves a quality education regardless of where they live. Under her diection, the Chicago Urban League sued Gov. Rod Blagojevich over state education funding, claiming it violated the rights of poor and minority children and the Civil Rights Act. Education investment is important, and preventing cuts in public school budgets is critical\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

New Poll Shows McKenna Leads in GOP Primary<\/a>
\nChicago WFLD (Fox) 32 – clients include a host of Democrat candidates, as well as state affiliates of left-wing organizations such as AFSCME, Equality Across America, National Popular Vote, Inc., NARAL, National Education Association, Planned Parenthood, and others,” states the blog.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Blago lawyers return to court with complaint list<\/a>
\nJacksonville Journal Courier – Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s legal defense team is headed for court with a list of complaints in hand. U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel could take up some of the squabbles at a hearing in the former governor’s federal corruption case on Wednesday. Blagojevich’s brother Robert – also charged in the case – says federal agents overstepped their authority when they\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

AFSCME agrees to 200 layoffs<\/a>\u00a0 Chicago Sun-Times\u00a0– ? A months-long legal dispute between Gov. Quinn and state government’s largest employee union ended Tuesday with the union agreeing to lay off roughly 200 …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Quinn reaches deal with union to avert 2000 state layoffs<\/a>\u00a0 Chicago Tribune\u00a0– Gov. Pat Quinn’s office and the largest state employee union have reached a deal that prevents layoffs of up to 2000 …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Union concessions save 2600 State jobs<\/a>\u00a0 Examiner.com\u00a0– This is a good example of how things should work. AFSCME Council 31, and the State of Illinois, have agreed to a temporary plan to help avoid the laying off …\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

State, union reach deal to avoid mass layoffs<\/a>\u00a0 Galesburg Register-Mail\u00a0– The state and its largest employee union have agreed to a plan that will avoid massive layoffs in exchange for reduced pay hikes and a …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Do You Think the State of the Union Speech Is Important? Why?<\/a>\u00a0 ABC News\u00a0– ?It’s an American tradition — the State of the Union has its roots in the Constitution and the televised address has become a fixture of the modern presidency. Tonight President Obama delivers his first State of the Union to a divided Congress and …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Obama: Not many tough acts to follow on the State of the Union<\/a>\u00a0 USA Today\u00a0– ? We can be sure that President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight will be heavily covered by journalists, and much discussed by pundits — but the odds say it will be little remembered by history. There have been relatively few historic State of …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Hannity’ Obtains Copy of Pre-State of the Union Talking Points<\/a>\u00a0 FOXNews\u00a0– ?This is a rush transcript from “Hannity,” January 26, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: All right, in my hand I am holding an e-mail. An e-mail that you and I were never supposed to read. …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Obama to reframe his domestic agenda around nation’s economic problems<\/a>\u00a0 Washington Post\u00a0– Harry Smith spoke Wednesday with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about the new legislation President Obama will announce in the State of the Union speech. By Michael A. Fletcher President Obama will use his State of the Union address Wednesday …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

State of the Union speech preparations under way<\/a>\u00a0 CNN\u00a0– Tune in to CNN and CNN.com tonight to watch President Obama’s State of the Union address. CNN.com and Facebook are partnering up, allowing you to participate in the conversation as you watch online at CNN.com\/live. Prime-time coverage with the best …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

How much does the State of the Union speech mean for midterms?<\/a>\u00a0 Christian Science Monitor\u00a0– \u00a0With his first State of the Union address Wednesday night, President Obama will try to regain momentum for his agenda and help the Democratic Party stave off big losses in the fall midterm elections. That’s not an easy job by any stretch of the …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cShining a spotlight on those teachers and those principals who are doing a great job, rewarding them, learning from them – cloning them, if possible – is part of the solution,” Duncan, 45, said Tuesday in an interview for “Inside Obama’s Washington,” a POLITICO video series. “Those at the bottom who frankly shouldn’t be in education, we have to be much more tough-minded about.”\u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0Arne Duncan<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

POLITICO Interview: Arne Duncan<\/a>\u00a0 Politico\u00a0– MR. ALLEN: Welcome to POLITICO’s video series: “Inside Obama’s Washington.” I’m Mike Allen, Chief White House …\u00a0<\/p>\n

Arne Duncan vows tough love for schools<\/a>\u00a0 Politico\u00a0– \u00a0Education Secretary Arne Duncan says President Barack Obama made \u201ctough choices\u201d on school programs in his budget due …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

TIME.com Today’s Top Stories<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Seeing Light Through the Economic Gloom in Davos<\/a><\/p>\n

As political and business leaders gather for the World Economic Forum in Davos, they will be breathing a sigh of relief. But be in no doubt; the world has changed\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Visit to Soccer City: Living in Postquake Haiti<\/a><\/p>\n

In cities like Leogane and Port-au-Prince, those who lost their homes in the quake have erected working communities out of plastic sheeting and plywood\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

After 10 Years, Medical Marijuana Finally Heads for D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n

It has been years in the making, derailed by Congress three times in about as many years, but medicinal marijuana could soon be heading to the nation’s capital\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

What Obama Can Learn from Reagan<\/a><\/p>\n

As the President prepares for his second State of the Union address, here are the elements of the Gipper’s arsenal that his latest successor would be smart to follow\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Can Financial Firms Get Executives to Give Back Pay?<\/a><\/p>\n

Wall Street’s new clawback provisions on pay should create plenty of business for litigation lawyers, but it may not change the behavior of big traders and executives\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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1) The audacity of nope<\/a><\/h3>\n

The state of the union is obstreperous. Dyspepsia is the new equilibrium. All the passion in American politics is oppositional. The American people know what they don’t like, which is: everything.<\/p>\n

2) U.S. playing a key role in Yemen attacks<\/a><\/h3>\n

U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people, among them six of 15 top leaders of a regional al-Qaeda affiliate, according to senior administration officials.<\/p>\n

3) Toyota screeches to a halt on 8 models<\/a><\/h3>\n

Toyota took the extraordinary step Tuesday of suspending the manufacture and sale of eight of its most popular models because of an unresolved mechanical flaw that might cause the accelerator to get perilously stuck in the depressed position.<\/p>\n

4) Apple devotees hope the long-hyped tablet computer isn’t a bitter pill to swallow<\/a><\/h3>\n

It’s the big day, fanboys and girls (as if you need to be reminded). If you’ll just keep your shirts on a few hours longer, all will be revealed. Apple’s iTablet — or possibly the iSlate or iPad or whatever it’s going to be called — will be officially introduced Wednesday at 1 p.m. Eastern time.<\/p>\n

5) Obama will focus on new agenda in State of Union<\/a><\/h3>\n

When President Obama appears before Congress and the nation on Wednesday night to deliver his State of the Union speech, his goals will be to reset his agenda, assure his demoralized party that he has not given up on key priorities and try to convince a skeptical public that he can still change W…<\/p>\n

6) Case against ex-partner puts judge on other side of the bench<\/a><\/h3>\n

Days after D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Janet Albert broke up with her girlfriend, the judge found her former companion unconscious in her attic, above her bedroom, with some food and an ice bucket fashioned into a makeshift toilet, authorities say.<\/p>\n

7) Ad bringing Super Bowl into the culture wars<\/a><\/h3>\n

God and football, together again — and always. The Super Bowl is getting, in addition to some Saints, a controversial dose of the culture wars: Florida quarterback prodigy Tim Tebow will appear in a 30-second ad purchased by the conservative group Focus on the Family that is scheduled to air dur…<\/p>\n

8.) No time to think small<\/a><\/h3>\n

This is a time to think big, not retreat to State of the Union micro-initiatives.<\/p>\n

9) A faux fighter<\/a><\/h3>\n

Our sphinxlike president won’t get anywhere by trying to be slugger-in-chief.<\/p>\n

10) Long road to housing recovery<\/a><\/h3>\n

Even as the housing market shows signs of improvement, including in new data released Tuesday, economists warn that it could take up to a decade for many homeowners<\/p>\n

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Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 27, 2010<\/em><\/h1>\n

panjandrum<\/strong> \\pan-JAN-druhm\\, noun<\/em>:<\/p>\n

An important personage or pretentious official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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