How many kids is too many in a classroom? How many can one teacher handle? Shouldn't the focus of a teacher's attention be on teaching his or her students over merely handling them?
If we thought the threat to PFA last year was bad, this is a million times worse. Thanks to Blago, and before him George Ryan and Jim Edgar, the Illinois budget is a mess. And if our politicians don't approve a new budget that keeps education funding at its current level before Friday, we are going to be in trouble.
But: Illinoisians are speaking up and speaking out via NOto37.org. CPS parents are speaking up via the Raise Your Hand coalition.
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Oh! the Places You'll Go in Chicago with Kids
- Adler Planetarium
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Chicago Children's Museum
- Chicago Park District
- DuPage Children's Museum
- Field Museum
- Garfield Park Conservatory
- IKEA
- Morton Arboretum
- Museum of Science and Industry
- Old Town School of Folk Music
- Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
- Ravinia
- Shedd Aquarium
- The Book Cellar
Chicago Reads
- Gangleader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
- Crossing California by Adam Langer
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott
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