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Activists at “People’s Education Convention” demand an end to excessive testing
Tags: Angela Fogel, Ceresta Smith, charter schools, Crystal Swapson, education, educational publishing, high-stakes testing, Jesse Turner, Leo Casey, People's Education Convention, privatization, Save Our Schools, SOS, Stan Karp, Teach for America, teachers, The Parthenon Group
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John Laesch of Northern Illinois Jobs With Justice (NIJWJ.org) speaks about austerity measures in Illinois.
Tags: 2012 elections, ATMI Precast, Aurora IL, austerity, budget, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, DCEO, DuPage County, economy, EDGE, graduated income tax, HJRCA 49, Illinois, Illinois General Assembly, John Laesch, Kane County, Medicare for All, Mike Madigan, Naperville IL, Pat Quinn, pay-to-play, pensions, privatization, prosperity agenda, public bank, SB 1313, SB 1673, SB 2840, SB 7, Scott Walker, Sears, speculation sales tax, Stand for Children, strategy and tactics, taxes, teachers, Tom Cross, We Mean Business PAC, Wisconsin
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The Northern Illinois Jobs With Justice Coalition held a rally in front of the Illinois State Capitol Building on Tuesday May 29th. The purpose of the rally was to point out the failure of Gov. Quinn, Speaker Madigan and the Democratic Party to lead the state toward a positive solution to the teacher pension issue. In addition, the speakers also pointed out that no one in the House or Senate are broaching the subject of the only real solution to the debt problems of the State-new revenue. The Coalition has put forward several proposals to generate the revenue needed to fund our States’ budget. They include a “graduated income tax”, a “transaction tax” on the Commodities Exchange among other solutions. For more information please contact: www.nijwj.org.
Tags: Bill Barclay, budget, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Political Economy Group, corporations, ducation, economy, Educators United for Strong Public Schools, financial transaction tax, graduated income tax, IFT, Illinois, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois General Assembly, John Laesch, Jonah Edelman, Joni Lindgren, legislation, Mary Shesgreen, Northern Illinois Jobs with Justice, pensions, privatization, SB 1673, speculation sales tax, Springfield IL, Stand for Children, Teachers Re, TRS, We Mean Business PAC
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