Free apprenticeship and 58704 a year at SIU
Column by Peter Selkowe critiques SIU leaders James Brown and Kenneth Shaw taking six months of paid professional development leave. It highlights Brown's plan to write education articles while earning 58704, questions about pay for staff and reporters, and concerns over workload shifts and governance during the absence. It notes other cases like George Mace leaving for research leave with a 50000 salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Selkowe
The
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University
Kenneth Shaw
James Brown
Brown
CETA
Jean Ness
Shaw
SIUC
SIU
Edwardsville
Carbondale
Little Grassy
George Mace
Mace
Buzz
John Gardner
Southern Illinoisan Opinions by John C Gardner
Opinion piece from the Southern Illinoisan by John C Gardner reflects on local issues and community impact as presented by Lee Enterprises. The article surveys civic concerns, governance, and public discourse shaping regional perspectives.
Reading education in carbon dale schools evaluated
Carbondale parents complained last year about reading instruction as the district sought help from the State Board of Education. A three member team found class sizes not oversized but noted pupils wait their turns with little to do. They urged severe within grade level grouping, two reading levels per teacher, and expanded volunteer and parent involvement to improve reading outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
District 95
State Board of Education
State Board
Springfield
Olney
Comce
Illinois
Reaganomics and the hidden costs of his budget plan
The piece argues Reagan's victory and tax cuts will deepen domestic program cuts, raising costs for students, transit, law enforcement, and public services. It warns that state and local governments may raise taxes, shrinking services like water, housing, fire and police protection, and public broadcasting as private firms price services by flat fees. It stresses the loss of civility in public services and the broader impact on middle class Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Reid
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
U.S. House
Illinois
Midwest
White House
Illinois Faces Hard Times From Reaganomics
The piece argues Reagan's budget cuts will hit Illinois and other industrial states hard, harming middle class families and public services. It warns that aid cuts could worsen unemployment, poverty, crime, and social stress while benefiting wealthy backers and military spending.
Hunger strikes in Northern Ireland echo Easter uprising
The Belfast text surveys IRA hunger strikes at the Maze Prison, noting deaths of Sands and Hughes and the British response. It contrasts American and British reactions, critiques Thatcher and Haughey, and describes renewed violence and a mood of despair among 1.5 million Protestants and Catholics trapped between violence and a fading Belfast era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Borders
New York Times
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Dublin
Patrick Pearse
James Connolly
Britain
Yeats
Maze
Irish Republican Army
Irish Times
Bobby Sands
Frank Hughes
IRA
Her Majesty
Four Horsemen
Hugh Carey
New York
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Edward M. Kennedy
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
United States
Sands
Margaret Thatcher
Charles Haughey
Thatcher
Ers
Hughes
Londonderry
Ulster
United Kingdom
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Peter W. Selkowe
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Ohio
Missouri
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