We're Still Here - Happy Turkey Day!
By Jim Vail
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
And yes, Second City Teachers news blog is still here.
There must have been a glitch because this news blog is a part of Google, so the temporary glitch put our website offline.
But we're back on!
And there's nothing more warming to the heart during this holiday season than to hear from our dear readers their concerns about not being able to access our site.
It tells me, well, I ain't hitting 100,000 followers a day like some celebrities, but those who read us care enough to write and ask where are we when we disappear, if only for a moment.
So Second City Teachers must be doing something right!
The pressure in the Chicago Public Schools these days only seems to get higher and higher, and with a possible major teachers strike just around the corner, the news we feed our readers is more important than ever.
The issues we would like to focus on in our upcoming news blasts include assessing the Reach evaluation system for teachers, why schools can't hire or replace teachers who leave, negotiations between the board of ed and the CTU from the inside (we're getting some crazy reports that CPS is actually thinking about turning the tables and imposing a 'teacher lockout' in January?), our monthly delegates meeting report next week (possible official strike vote announcement?) and continuing political reporting (our political system is rigged folks!).
I worked as a journalist in Russia before I became a city teacher.
I also write for a publication called My Chicago News (mychinews.com). There you can read my stories and analyses of what's happening in CPS and the city in general. My cover story 'Show Me the Money' generated a lot of interest for the newspaper recently.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
By Jim Vail
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
And yes, Second City Teachers news blog is still here.
There must have been a glitch because this news blog is a part of Google, so the temporary glitch put our website offline.
But we're back on!
And there's nothing more warming to the heart during this holiday season than to hear from our dear readers their concerns about not being able to access our site.
It tells me, well, I ain't hitting 100,000 followers a day like some celebrities, but those who read us care enough to write and ask where are we when we disappear, if only for a moment.
So Second City Teachers must be doing something right!
The pressure in the Chicago Public Schools these days only seems to get higher and higher, and with a possible major teachers strike just around the corner, the news we feed our readers is more important than ever.
The issues we would like to focus on in our upcoming news blasts include assessing the Reach evaluation system for teachers, why schools can't hire or replace teachers who leave, negotiations between the board of ed and the CTU from the inside (we're getting some crazy reports that CPS is actually thinking about turning the tables and imposing a 'teacher lockout' in January?), our monthly delegates meeting report next week (possible official strike vote announcement?) and continuing political reporting (our political system is rigged folks!).
I worked as a journalist in Russia before I became a city teacher.
I also write for a publication called My Chicago News (mychinews.com). There you can read my stories and analyses of what's happening in CPS and the city in general. My cover story 'Show Me the Money' generated a lot of interest for the newspaper recently.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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