{"id":527667,"date":"2010-04-14T15:33:50","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T19:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/?p=7209"},"modified":"2010-04-14T15:33:50","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T19:33:50","slug":"in-the-news-april-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/527667","title":{"rendered":"In the News ~ April 14"},"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<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rally Day is April 21<\/strong>. \u00a0IEA has partnered with several other organizations and rally day is proving to be a fairly large event. We\u2019re encouraging everyone to wear pink to the rally in support of those who have been RIF\u2019d.\u00a0 Click here<\/a> for a list of things to keep in mind as you\u2019re planning your trip:\u00a0<\/p>\n

The tentative schedule of events for the day, which is subject to change: <\/strong><\/p>\n

9 to 11 a.m.\u00a0\u00a0 Buses arrive at IEA HQ-visit legislators (time permitting)<\/p>\n

11 to 11:30 a.m.\u00a0\u00a0 Walk to rally staging point at 2nd and Capitol<\/p>\n

11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0 SOS rally speakers at 2nd and Capitol<\/p>\n

12:15 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0 Beginning of march<\/p>\n

1 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0 Visit legislators (time permitting)<\/p>\n

(Lunch will be availble at noon and served throughout the day. Members may eat at their leisure.) <\/em><\/p>\n

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

Quinn plans to sign bill to cut state pension costs<\/a>\u00a0 Chicago Tribune (blog)\u00a0– Gov. Pat Quinn plans on Wednesday to sign legislation aimed at saving billions of dollars through reforms of the state pension system that will …\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Gov. Quinn to sign pension reform bill today<\/a>
\nSpringfield State Journal – Quinn said Tuesday he was reviewing Senate Bill 1946, which makes major changes in pensions for newly hired state government employees and teachers as part of an effort to save the state billions of dollars and shore up concerns about its financial stability. He has until late May to take action.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pension Plan: Political Football?<\/a>\u00a0 MyFox Illinois\u00a0– SPRINGFIELD \u2013 Gov. Pat Quinn has not yet acted on a sweeping pension plan sent to his office more than two weeks ago. …\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Quinn: No political gamesmanship at work with pension plan<\/a>\u00a0 Chicago Daily Herald\u00a0– Gov. Pat Quinn said Tuesday he wouldn’t hold pension reform hostage to try to scrounge up more votes for …\u00a0<\/p>\n

Study: Illinois Among the Worst at Pension Funding<\/a>
\nChicago Public Radio – The report by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence examines a sampling of pension systems from each state. Funding levels for Illinois teacher and state worker pensions ranked among the lowest in the country in 2009. And researcher Joshua Franzel says the short-term outlook is dim.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Quinn Makes His Case for Tax Hike for Education<\/a>\u00a0 Chicago Public Radio\u00a0– ?Illinois Governor Pat Quinn can’t say for sure when or if the state legislature will act on his proposed tax increase for school funding. …\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Quinn heads to Springfield to push for tax hike<\/a>
\nArlington Heights Daily Herald \u2013 Gov. Pat Quinn is heading to Springfield, and he wants lawmakers to act on his proposal to raise the state income tax.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gov. Quinn Still Backing Tax Hike<\/a>
\nDecatur WAND (NBC) 17 – Governor Quinn is not backing down on his proposal to raise the state income tax. Quinn wants lawmakers to raise the personal and corporate income tax rates 1% to stave off deep cuts to education. The Governor says school funding could be cut $1.3 billion without a tax increase. Quinn says he expects lawmakers to eventually vote on an income tax increase\u00a0<\/p>\n

State superintendent gives awards to ESL schools, calls for tax hike<\/a>
\nBelleville News-Democrat – Prior to his East St. Louis visit, Koch visited Edwardsville and discussed the state’s funding situation, telling school officials that he did not see any way out of the education funding problem without raising the state income tax. \u00a0”The money just is not there and will not be unless additional revenue is identified,” Koch said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Angry parents join \u201cCaravan to the Capitol\u201d to protest education cuts<\/a>
\nMedill News Service – Caravan to the Capitol is a group of approximately 60 parents who will be heading to Springfield Wednesday to air their concerns.\u00a0\u00a0Sherry Tatar, the group\u2019s informal leader, says the parents came together after realizing that School District 204 couldn\u2019t do anything about the budget cuts. \u00a0\u201cWe have to turn to Springfield,\u201d she says. \u201cHow can you be cutting these teachers? How can you be cutting music programs?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Special education schools plead for fewer cuts<\/a>\u00a0 Alton Telegraph\u00a0– Pat Quinn introduced his state budget last month for the upcoming fiscal year, education bore the brunt of potential cuts totaling more than $1 billion.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

School districts slashing as state cuts funding<\/a>
\nHighland Park News – A survey of Illinois school administrators in March suggested the state could lose as many as 20,000 education-related jobs pre-kindergarten through 12th grade by the time school opens in the fall. “We are completely in unchartered waters,” said Charles McBarron, director of communications for the Illinois Education Association, a union representing many suburban teachers.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Halloran: State\u2019s woes are forcing reductions<\/a>
\nMorris Daily Herald – Illinois\u2019 financial situation has many school districts worried, and Morris Community High School District 101 is no exception.\u00a0 During Monday evening\u2019s school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Pat Halloran gave the board a brief overview of the district\u2019s financial condition relative to state-funding dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Editorial: Turning tenure on its ear<\/a>
\nQuad Cities Dispatch Argus Leader – Sadly, beyond angering the state’s top two teacher unions, the series was largely ignored among the people who could do anything about fixing what is broken. Indeed, rather than moving toward more accountability, state legislators have pushed for less; most recently by exempting teacher and administrator evaluations from the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Evanston superintendent warns against malicious Facebook page<\/a>
\nChicago Tribune – The page on the popular social networking Web site had attracted more than 400 fans by Tuesday afternoon. But the only hint of its earlier comments came from the page’s description: “This page is made to tell you all about people in Evanston.” The page had been scrubbed clean of any offensive material that had been posted there in previous days.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hiawatha School publicizes state financial woes<\/a>
\nStickney Life – Hiawatha Elementary School staff have a message for the State of Illinois and they want everyone driving on 26th Street to know it.\u00a0 The sign out front of the school reads “The State OF ILL owes District 100 $1.9 million.” \u00a0Timothy McGinnis, assistant superintendent for finance and operations at School Berwyn School District 100, said the state is about four months behind in paying its bills.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chicago Schools Go for Gold on Lunch Standards<\/a>
\nChicago Public Radio – said today they’ve recently purchased\u00a0200,000 peaches and one million apples from Michigan. In order to achieve the “gold” certification from the USDA, CPS will also have to increase nutrition education in schools and give students more opportunities for physical exercise.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

\u00a0Governor Quinn: Top Priority is State Budget<\/a>\u00a0 MyStateline.com\u00a0– Springfield-Lawmakers are back to work in Springfield and Governor Quinn says the budget is their number one priority. With a 13 billion dollar deficit, …\u00a0<\/p>\n

State Quits Paying Service Providers, Owes $4.5B<\/a>
\nWBBM TV CBS 2 Chicago –\u00a0The State of Illinois stopped paying its service providers, in order to keep the government functioning on a day-to-day basis.\u00a0 The state currently owes $4.5 billion in unpaid bills. By the end of this budget year on June 30, that number will grow to $6 billion. The problem stems from overspending during the administration of since-deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the Chicago Tribune reported<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kirk Out-Raises, Leads Poll Over Alexi<\/a>
\nChicago Chicagoist – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk With all of the controversy surrounding Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias and his campaign’s shifting to damage control mode, perhaps the news that Republican opponent Mark Kirk has raised almost twice as much money isn’t that big of a surprise. The Sun-Times reports that Giannoulias is reporting fundraising in the first quarter\u00a0<\/p>\n

Giannoulias raises $1.2M in Senate bid<\/a>
\nDeKalb Daily Chronicle – Democrat Alexi Giannoulias said Tuesday that he raised $1.2 million during the first three months of the year in his bid for President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat, significantly less than his Republican opponent in a state controlled by Democrats. Giannoulias, Illinois’ first-term state treasurer, raised $1 million less than the $2.2 million raised by Republican<\/p>\n

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

Iowa Governor signs teacher diversification bill<\/a>
\nQuincy WGEM (NBC) 10 – Gov. Chet Culver has signed a bill requiring state education officials and leaders at the state’s public and private colleges to study how to better recruit and retain minority teachers. Culver went to a Des Moines school Tuesday \u00a0<\/p>\n

Misgivings about a race for school aid<\/a>
\nAt Adelphi Elementary School, students peel away from their classrooms twice a week for tutorials in reading and math. Clusters of five or six children shuffle into a book closet, a hallway, a computer lab or any place teachers can fit a few chairs for 45 minutes of catch-up lessons or enrichment.
\n(By Nick Anderson, The Washington Post)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Rhee’s surplus revelation draws ire<\/a>
\nTeachers union leaders angrily accused D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee of unethical behavior Tuesday by failing to disclose the discovery of a $34 million surplus in the school system budget in February, three months after laying off 266 teachers because of what she described as a budget…
\n(By Bill Turque, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

Eye on federal money, Md. proposes school reforms<\/a>
\nMaryland education officials charted a reform path Tuesday that would overhaul statewide exams, make student performance a factor in teacher evaluations and toughen graduation requirements in math and science. They hope their proposal will make the state eligible for millions of dollars in federal…
\n(By Michael Birnbaum, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

On world stage, Obama at ease as seminar leader<\/a>
\nDuring his first year in office, President Obama was often best overseas when he was behind a lectern or onstage before a crowd with a microphone in his hand.
\n(By Scott Wilson, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

46 nations join U.S. in nuclear pact<\/a>
\nPresident Obama persuaded 46 countries Tuesday to sign on to a plan to put the world’s nuclear material beyond the reach of terrorists within four years, but the commitments are voluntary, and experts said reaching the goal will be difficult.
\n(By Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

Choice of leader for mine probe criticized<\/a>
\nAfter a coal mine explosion that killed five people in 2006, an internal review by the Mine Safety and Health Administration sharply criticized its own inspection process. It said many safety flaws had not been corrected before the blast because of faulty inspection practices “coupled with weak…
\n(By Steven Mufson and David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

An almost predictable capriciousness<\/a>
\nLEPTIS MAGNA, LIBYA – Only a handful of tourists wandered through the unspoiled ruins of this ancient Roman city edging the azure waters of the Mediterranean. It was high season, when buses should have been disgorging hundreds of affluent visitors from Europe and beyond. But among the arches and …
\n(By Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

At peak of influence, SEIU chief set to leave<\/a>
\nAs he prepares to turn over the reins of the Service Employees International Union, Andrew L. Stern is at the apex of his political influence. He helped lead the push for the health-care overhaul that became law last month. He has visited the White House 38 times in President Obama’s tenure, far…
\n(By Alec MacGillis, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

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

Russian Adoption: What Happens When a Parent Gives Up?<\/a><\/p>\n

Torry Hansen’s abandonment of her adopted son, 7-year-old Artyom Savelyev, has rocked Russia, the U.S. and the international adoption community<\/p>\n

Bank Lobby Takes a Hit on Derivatives Reform<\/a><\/p>\n

For weeks now, suspense has flitted through the air in Washington. The reason is something that almost no one in America understands: derivatives<\/p>\n

Obama Makes Progress on Nuke Security, Less So on Iran <\/a><\/p>\n

The goals of the Washington summit are uncontroversial, but efforts on the sidelines to win backing for sanctions against Iran have mixed results<\/p>\n

The Great Firewall: China’s Web Users Battle Censorship<\/a><\/p>\n

China’s Web-censorship regime may be formidable, but ordinary Chinese are learning to scale the “Great Firewall” a little at a time. Can the authorities hold them back?<\/p>\n

Why Obama Backed Down on an Embattled Nominee<\/a><\/p>\n

Perhaps because a battle over replacing Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is shaping up, the Obama Administration has decided to save its political capital and give up on Justice Department pick Dawn Johnsen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 14, 2010<\/em><\/h1>\n

bloviate<\/strong> \\BLOH-vee-ayt\\, intransitive verb<\/em>:<\/p>\n

To speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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