{"id":260727,"date":"2010-02-01T15:59:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T20:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/?p=5564"},"modified":"2010-02-01T15:59:30","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T20:59:30","slug":"in-the-news-feb-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/260727","title":{"rendered":"In the News ~ Feb. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below 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\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

AFT, NEA Offer Black History Month Teaching Tools<\/a>\u00a0 AFL-CIO (blog)\u00a0– \u00a0AFT and the National Education Association (NEA) have compiled a variety of resources to help educators celebrate Black History Month, …\u00a0<\/p>\n

Black History Month Quotes: Famous, Inspirational Sayings To Reflect On …<\/a>\u00a0 Huffington Post (blog)\u00a0– ? Black History Month 2010 begins today, Feb. 1, 2010, and Black History Month quotes help put the month into perspective. Here is a compilation of 15 quotes …\u00a0<\/p>\n

Black History Month 2010: Discussion and Activities<\/a>\u00a0 CNN\u00a0– \u00a0When is Black History Month observed? When did Black History Month get its start? Who was Dr. Carter G. Woodson? What was his role in the establishment of …\u00a0<\/p>\n

Black History Month Still Relevant In 2010<\/a>\u00a0 Black State\u00a0– ?Black History Month was started by scholar Carter G. Woodson in 1926, Carter G. Woodson sought to raise awareness to the contributions of people of African …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jesse Jackson: Obama ‘is the result of our struggles’<\/a>\u00a0 Chicago Sun-Times\u00a0– \u00a0By 1976, it morphed into Black History Month — a celebration of the contributions of blacks to America and their struggles to overcome. The Rev. …\u00a0<\/p>\n

State News\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \"\"<\/em><\/h2>\n

Race to Top takes toll on transparency; it can be fixed<\/a>
\nQuad Cities Dispatch Argus Leader \u2013 Mike Lawrence – Illinois’ deadline dash to enact education reforms that could entice $500 million in “Race to the Top” federal funding was truly remarkable in this era of dysfunctional state government, but it took a toll on transparency.\u00a0 The measure resolutely makes student growth a significant factor in evaluating the performance of teachers and administrators; yet, it bars disclosure of how specific educators fare with the elevated level of accountability. So, while many cheer the new law as moving Illinois “light years ahead,” others chastise the darkness.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Schools eye bottom line as revenue dips<\/a>
\nCrystal Lake Northwest Herald – CRYSTAL LAKE \u2013 Schools throughout McHenry County and the nation are looking for ways to save money as revenue projections dip.\u00a0 In recent weeks, several local districts have announced plans to cut millions in expenses. Huntley District 158 wants to pare $6.6 million from its budget. Carpentersville District 300 plans to trim $6.4 million. Cary District 26 is facing $5.4 million in cuts. McHenry District 156 is considering $2.3 million. Woodstock District 200 is debating $2 million.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Superintendents in nine-county area in Illinois anticipate cutting 329 jobs for next fiscal year if state funding woes aren’t corrected<\/a>
\nQuincy Herald-Whig – The superintendents suggested that with legislators’ help, districts can bring in some more money or cut costs. For instance, if a tax cap on special education costs were lifted and districts were allowed to tax to the level of their costs, then the entire district could share the communities’ special education expenses.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

How District 207’s budget crisis came about<\/a>\u00a0 With the vote to cut 137 Maine Township High School District 207 teachers and employees looming today, the factors that\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

District 207 offers teachers a concessions option<\/a>
\nChicago Daily Herald – Maine Township High School District 207’s administration is offering its teachers union a last-minute deal to save roughly 40 to 45 teaching jobs, officials said Friday. District 207 Superintendent Ken Wallace said on Monday he will recommend to the school board\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Plainfield District Cuts 7 Positions<\/a>
\nChicago WFLD (Fox) – The district held a special meeting last night to discuss a $16 million deficit. On the line were 222 jobs including teachers, and programs like band, art and choir. The community begged the school board to reconsider.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

District 205 Board votes to cut $1.58 million from next year’s budget<\/a>
\nElmhurst Press – \u00a0Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205\u2019s Board of Education voted this week to eliminate $1.58 million from the 2010-11 budget, but it remains to be seen where the cuts will be made and whether that amount will be enough.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

New Lenox schools giving raises while slashing jobs<\/a>
\nLincoln-Way Sun – nd less because there will be less staff, Associate Superintendent Peggy Manville said. Some said it would hurt morale to not give some type of a raise to the nonteachers when, per their contract, teachers will receive raises between 5 percent and 5.25 percent. “I feel we are being fiscally responsible by giving minimum raises,” Kedzior said.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Talk of school cuts has parents on edge<\/a>
\nJoliet Herald News – \u00a0Parents, teacher aides and other employees of Minooka Grade School District wanted answers from the school board. About 100 people attended to hear about upcoming staff and program cuts\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

D301 board member clarifies position on home-school athletes<\/a>
\nElgin Courier News -The policy decision facing Community Unit School District 301 regarding non-public school student participation in district sports has school board members struggling with what is fair for all taxpayers in the district. Forced to weigh the rights of a taxpayer to participate in the district versus the long-held expectation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

District 186 eyes countywide school sales tax idea<\/a>
\nSpringfield State Journal Register – If the Springfield school board adopts a resolution Monday night exploring support for a Sangamon County school sales tax to fund physical improvements for public schools countywide, much still must be done\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Program draws dads to Chatham school<\/a>
\nSpringfield State Journal Register – \u00a0the PTO has focused on increasing parental involvement. \u201cThere\u2019s a really large body of evidence out there that shows us that the involvement of the male parent in early childhood education is critical to a child\u2019s success,\u201d she said. \u201cAll indication is the more involved the male parent is, the more academically successful the child would be.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Political News <\/em><\/h2>\n

Parents protest lack of school funds during Quinn visit<\/a>
\nBelleville News-Democrat – Gov. Pat Quinn came to Alton on Friday to talk about high-speed rail, but a group of demonstrators had the issue of education funding on their minds. \u00a0Several parents and children attended the news conference at Alton’s Amtrak Station, carrying signs asking for the state to make its payments\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gubernatorial candidates on education<\/a>
\nPeoria Journal Star – Andrzejewski and Proft: The state should stop funding education bureaucracies and invest directly in students and families through school choice options. Dillard and McKenna: Increases in education funding haven\u2019t resulted in better student test scores. Dillard opposes raising income taxes to bolster the existing school finance system. McKenna urges more education dollars\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Nasty\u2019 gov. campaign turns off some voters<\/a>
\nCrystal Lake Northwest Herald – Dan Hynes and Gov. Pat Quinn courted African-American voters Sunday in the campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination while continuing to hurl accusations that seemed to turn off at least some of those voters. Hynes and Quinn hop?ped from black church to black church in Chicago to tell worshippers about the importance of helping others\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Quinn, Hynes woo black congregations<\/a>
\nChicago Sun Times – So, I’m kind of upset with the candidate about that. I don’t think that was fair,” said Belinda Jenkins, a 49-year-old Chicago banker, as she arrived at Salem. “On the other hand, with Gov. Quinn, I haven’t seen enough of him out there, pushing or doing anything.” Meanwhile, in the six-way GOP race for governor, state Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale) moved to resume his campaign\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Both parties have full slates for U.S. Senate nominations<\/a>\u00a0 The race for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama is wide open, since appointed incumbent Sen. Roland Burris isn\u2019t running for election this year. Polls show GOP U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk of Highland Park the frontrunner in his race. The race on the Democratic side is closer, according to pollsters. But the candidates say voters \u2013 not polls \u2013 will determine the outcome.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Family Bank Troubles Surround Giannoulias<\/a>
\nPeoria WEEK (NBC) – Candidates are already making their last minute pitches before voters go to the polls on Tuesday. On Sunday night, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias stopped at the Peoria Labor Temple to rally voters. But, his race against David Hoffman has become heated. The Illinois Treasurer is under fire for the financial woes of his family’s Chicago bank.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Bernard Schoenburg: Who will win in Tuesday primary vote?<\/a>
\nSpringfield State Journal Register – Among Democrats, RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI of Hoffman Estates has worked hard and has a nice TV ad. But I think longtime state Rep. DAVID MILLER of Lynwood, a dentist who has long toiled for better education funding \u2014 and, like Krishnamoorthi, knows Obama \u2014 will get the nod. And in the race for the Democratic nomination for state treasurer, I think a former state representative,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Durbin: Use TARP funds to promote employment<\/a>
\nSpringfield State Journal Register – \u00a0He stressed the importance of creating incentives to avoid layoffs by school boards and city governments because they damage communities, and by extension, the nation.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Obama administration prepares to send Congress a $3.8T budget with emphasis on job creation<\/a>
\nChicago Tribune – President Barack Obama unveiled a multitrillion-dollar spending plan Monday, pledging an intensified effort to combat high unemployment and asking Congress to quickly approve new job-creation efforts that would boost the deficit to a record-breaking $1.56 trillion.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Obama budget will face tougher reaction from Dem, GOP lawmakers<\/a>
\nThe Hill – President Barack Obama’s budget Monday will get a much tougher reception from lawmakers than last year’s request. \u00a0 That’s because it will pinch pennies whereas his budget last year increased spending to jump start the ailing economy. \u00a0 With unemployment still at 10 percent, congressional Democrats are opposing Obama’s expected pivot to deficit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Obama puts emphasis on nuclear energy<\/a>
\nWashington Times – President Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation. Mr. Obama singled out nuclear power in his State of the Union address, and his spending plan for the next budget year is expected to include billions of more dollars in federal guarantees for new nuclear reactors.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Obama’s $3.8 trillion budget would cut some, add some<\/a>
\nUSA Today – President Obama will unveil a record $3.8 trillion budget for 2011 on Monday that would boost war spending, trim domestic spending and rely on $1.3 trillion in new borrowing. The budget would be the third in a row with a deficit of more than $1 trillion. The red ink would be cut nearly in half by 2014, mostly by allowing tax cuts on families making more than $250,000 to expire in\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

National News<\/h2>\n

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

Can Republicans Win Big as the Party of No?<\/a>\u00a0 Republicans have succeeded by standing united against most of Barack Obama’s agenda. But they know that they can’t afford to be perceived as opposing everything\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Who’s to Blame for Suspending Haitian Medevac Flights?<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fault of the Concorde: An Aviation Icon Has Its Day in Court<\/a>\u00a0 Nearly a decade after a spectacular Concorde crash in Paris, the French are bringing several people to trial over the accident that led to the demise of an engineering icon<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Roger Ailes Offers to Pose Naked<\/a>\u00a0 Ailes offered to pose nude for $100, defended Glenn Beck against the critique of Paul Krugman and Arianna Huffington, and finished by offering President Obama some political advice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oc\u00e9ans<\/em>: George Clooney Meets the Deep Blue Sea<\/a>\u00a0 His Up in the Air<\/em> may be a global hit but, in France, the Ocean’s 11<\/em> star gets stuck behind la mer <\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Haiti and the Art of Survival: Lessons from the Streets<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unbowed on Iraq, Blair Makes the Case for Targeting Iran<\/a>\u00a0 Britain may have soured on a war whose basis was undermined by the absence of WMD in Iraq, but the former Prime Minister would do it all over again\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Obama’s Job-Creation Tax Credit: Will It Work?<\/a>\u00a0 In President Obama’s State of the Union address, he mentioned a proposal to offer tax credits\u00a0to businesses that hire workers. It sounds promising — and expensive — but would it really work?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Is GDP An Obsolete Measure of Progress?<\/a>\u00a0 Most economists are cheering the 5.7% GDP growth rate estimated for the U.S. 4th quarter. But increasingly people are asking whether there’s a more holistic way to measure a nation’s growth\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

J.D. Salinger: “Keep Your Hands Off My Legacy”<\/a>\u00a0 The author was as protective of his writings as he was of his privacy. And that is likely to remain even now that he has died\u00a0<\/p>\n

WashingtonPost.com\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Wired’ conservatives get the message out<\/a><\/strong>
\nIn November, the morning after Election Day, a conservative blogger in Georgia blasted an e-mail to 65,000 people.
\n(By Jerry Markon, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

Where a $56 million dome couldn’t fetch 600 grand<\/a><\/strong>
\nPontiac ponders whether the sale could kick off a rebound
\n(By Dana Hedgpeth, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

Haitians implore U.S. to ‘take over’<\/a><\/strong>
\nAmerican officials try to lower expectations about extent of role
\n(By Peter Slevin, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

Jon Stewart’s Obama quips create buzz<\/a><\/strong>
\n(By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Wired’ conservatives get the message out<\/a><\/strong>
\nIn November, the morning after Election Day, a conservative blogger in Georgia blasted an e-mail to 65,000 people.
\n(By Jerry Markon, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

Who’s been raking in the cash, and who hasn’t<\/a><\/strong>
\n(By Chris Cillizza, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

With chances dim, advocates push for immigration bill<\/a><\/strong>
\nFRUSTRATION WITH OBAMA
\nLittle will in Congress seen for action soon
\n(By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

Localities are promised a say in trials<\/a><\/strong>
\nWhite House says it will hear cities’ concerns about terrorism cases
\n(By Associated Press, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

U.S. faces myriad challenges in training Afghan soldiers<\/a><\/strong>
\nTROOP ‘SURGE’ HAS BEGUN
\nGoals include improving literacy and diversity
\n(By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Word of the Day for Monday, February 1, 2010<\/h2>\n

mondegreen<\/strong> \\MON-di-green\\, noun<\/em>:<\/p>\n

A word or phrase resulting from a misinterpretation of a word or phrase that has been heard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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