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581Illinois Loop</B> website helps to provide information on issues 582 in Illinois education to the parents who are consumers of that education, 583 to the taxpayers who pay for it, and to everyone who wants to restore 584 quality to Illinois schools. 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595</UL> 596<A NAME="thankyou"></A> 597<H3>Compliments</H3> 598<UL> 599 600 601 602 603 604<DIV align=center> 605<blockquote> 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 "I've now visited your website and I think it is wonderful.<BR> 614 [The] school reform movement [is] no longer a 615 wilderness, thanks to efforts like yours<BR> 616 to inform parents about what really 617 goes on in their children's schools <BR> 618 and how things got that way and what to 619 do about it. ... Keep up the good work!"<BR> 620 -- Rita Kramer<BR> 621 Author, <I>Ed School Follies</I> 622 <BR><BR> 623 624 625 626 "Your web site is spectacular! So glad you brought it to my attention. 627 Gratefully yours,"<BR> 628 -- Christina Hoff Sommers<BR> 629 Author, <I>The War Against Boys</I> 630 <BR><BR> 631 632 633 634 635 636 "I finally got around to examining your web site and I was amazed.<BR> 637 What a marvelous job you have done!"<BR> 638 -- Frank Allen<BR> 639 Former president, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 640 <BR><BR> 641 642 643 644 "I could spend hours -- days -- on your site."<BR> 645 -- Peyton Wolcott<BR> 646 Author, <I>Education, Inc.</I> 647 <P> 648 649 650 "I want to commend you on the Loop! ... You and the online network 651 have created a lasting impression on the school reform movement."<BR> 652 -- Patricia H. Lee<BR> 653 Managing Vice President, Institute for Justice 654 <BR><BR> 655 656 657 "Illinois Loop: Great critiques on looney fads in education.<BR> 658 Excellent source of reason and evidence."<BR> 659 -- Martin Kozloff, Watson Distinguished Professor, 660 University of North Carolina 661 <BR><BR> 662 663 664 665 "A terrific site that offers a fabulously rich environment for the 666 exploration of educational lunacy."<BR> 667 -- <I>The Instructivist</I> blog 668 <P> 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 "What an awesome site!"<BR> 676 -- John E. Stone, Ed. D.<BR> 677 Education Consumers ClearingHouse 678 <BR><BR> 679 680 681 682 "Your site looks wonderful!"<BR> 683 -- Donna Garner 684 <BR><BR> 685 686 687 "The research on your Illinois Loop website continues to be incredibly useful! 688 Thank you so much for your many years of work on behalf of Illinois and the rest 689 of the nation."<BR> 690 -- Elizabeth Carson, NYC HOLD 691 <P> 692 693 694 "There is a terrific site that offers a fabulously rich 695 environment for the exploration of educational lunacy ... 696 IllinoisLoop.org"<BR> 697 -- <A HREF="http://instructivist.blogspot.com/" TARGET="_blank"> 698 The Instructivist</A> 699 <P> 700 701 702 703 "<B>Gettin' Loopy:</B> Yep, they're loopy out in the Prairie. 704 Any more (as Midwesterners like to preface their sentences), 705 there's the Chicago El Loop, the now-famous Lake Erie 706 Electrical Loop, and, my favorite, the Illinois Loop Web Site. 707 <!-- 708 Orvat Zvqjrfgrea Zbqrfg, gur sbyxf jub qrfvtarq naq znvagnva gur 709 Vyyvabvf Ybbc unir yrsg gurve anzrf bhgfvqr gur Ybbc. 710 Ubjrire, V oryvrir gur perngbef gb or gur vagercvq 711 Xriva Xvyyvba, Znel Qnzre, naq Qnir Mvssre. 712 --> 713 ... 714 I post here the 715 link to their interesting, no-holds-barred, and ever-expanding 716 web page on testing and assessment. 717 But, the entire Illinois Loop Web Site is a wonder to behold; 718 it is well worth one's time to complete the circuit.<BR> 719 -- Richard P. Phelps, <A HREF="http://www.EducationNews.org/" TARGET="_blank"> 720 Education News</A>, Tuesday, August 19, 2003 721 <BR><BR> 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729</blockquote> 730</DIV> 731 732<HR> 733 734<TABLE width=100%><TR> 735 736 737<TD width=5%> </TD> 738 739<TD width=40% valign=top> 740<DIV align=center> 741<I> 742 743 744 745 746 "It's nerve wracking ... to watch the years passing by while [my children's] boredom and frustration grows. 747 They attend what is considered to be one of the best public schools in Chicago and yet the bar is so low. 748 Illinois Loop is helping me gain the confidence and calm I need to fully face my responsibility for my children's education. Thank you."<BR> 749 -- a Mom in Chicago 750 <P> 751 752 753 754 755 756 "I just have to tell you that I'm amazed whenever I go to the Illinois Loop website. 757 You continue to do the most incredible job at synthesizing and highlighting 758 key information. The whole country is lucky that you have designed this website."<BR> 759 -- a college professor in Ohio
760 <BR><BR> 761 762 763 764 765 "Your site is fantastic because it is everything that 766 should be done in education, none of this fluffy, touchy-feely business"<BR> 767 -- a high school physics teacher in the Chicago Public Schools 768 <P> 769 770 771 772 773 "I want to thank you for your honest and forthright information and not being 774 afraid to tell the truth. I wish more parents were not so apathetic and would 775 get informed and involved. ... Thank you, thank 776 you, thank you Illinois Loop!"<BR> 777 -- a parent in Homer Glen 778 <BR><BR> 779 780 781 782 783 784 "One of the best sites for public education information that I've ever seen. ... 785 Every parent and taxpayer in the U.S. should access this site to 786 get a basic understanding of what has happened to public education in the U.S. ... 787 Keep up the outstanding work!"<BR> 788 -- G.B., a visitor to our website 789 <P> 790 791 792 793 794 795 "Thank you for your timely, informative, and insightful articles 796 on the status of education in Illinois and the nation. 797 I have recommended your web site to many friends. In my opinion, 798 it is a gem and always worth the time that I invest in perusing the articles."<BR> 799 -- a parent in Grayslake 800 <BR><BR> 801 802 803 804 "This is a great site. 805 A number of parents in our area have been concerned about many of these issues in our school district for some time. 806 ... Keep up the great work! It will be a wonderful resource for use in our 807 continuing efforts to bring content back into the classroom."<BR> 808 -- a suburban parent 809 <BR><BR> 810 811 812 "The Illinois Loop has been the life raft that has pulled us to the shore of knowledge. 813 Thank you!! (Goodness this sounds like an academy award speech!!)."<BR> 814 -- a parent in Highland Park 815 <BR><BR> 816 817 "The Loop is just great. Thanks for all you are doing."<BR> 818 -- a suburban parent 819 <BR><BR> 820 821 " You are doing education a great service."<BR> 822 -- a suburban parent 823 <BR><BR> 824 825 "Wow! I stumbled upon your incredible website purely by accident, and what a gold mine of information and links! 826 Your content needs to be shouted from the rooftops, posthaste! 827 Here's fair warning that I plan to quote from your material a LOT in the near future, 828 and I won't take no for an answer. :-) 829 Please keep up the excellent work, I look forward to exploring the rest of your site!."<BR> 830 -- a teacher in Philadelphia 831 <BR><BR> 832 833 " I must tell you 834 how absolutely delighted I am to have discovered your site via the web."<BR> 835 -- a suburban parent 836 <BR><BR> 837 838 "You provide a worthy service with illinoisloop.org; I pass the website on to family and 839 friends -- and it's an eyeopener for many."<BR> 840 -- a suburban parent 841 <BR><BR> 842 843 "You have a wonderful and indispensable site. I am glad there are people out 844 there battling the anti-knowledge forces."<BR> 845 -- a suburban parent 846 <BR><BR> 847 848 "I look forward to regular visits to illinoisloop.org, with real hope that 849 you are able to effectuate change. Please let me know if there is 850 anything I can do to assist you ... I do intend to point others to your informative site. ... 851 Believe me when I say that our 852 future as a society truly depends on this sort of effort."<BR> 853 -- a parent in Guam 854 <BR><BR> 855 856 857 858 "My husband is running for the school board so we can try to rescue our 859 schools from projects, fuzzy math and whole language reading instruction. 860 We're looking for GOOD info on education. I bookmarked your website several 861 years ago when I was researching reading and I come here to see the 862 'real deal' on methods. A thousand thanks for this excellent resource!"<BR> 863 -- a couple in Wyoming 864 <BR><BR> 865 866 867 "Your website is a gold mine of education information. ... 868 Please add me to your list so I can stay on top of the issues."<BR> 869 -- an elected state school board member [in another state] 870 <BR><BR> 871 872 873 This message is my way of trying to thank the folks responsible for your website 874 and its many useful links. .. I fought the system 875 for four years with its attempts to force me to read to/for my students, allow 876 them to cheat off each other in so-called group learning activities or draw 877 pictures and cut out paper dolls [Thematic Visualization] rather than read and write."<BR> 878 -- former public school English teacher 879 <P> 880 881 882 883 "Thank you for your tireless work in coordinating the Illinois Loop and educating 884 others about what's really going on in the world of education these days! I love 885 the Illinois Loop and often direct people to the web site and forward the 886 articles to our current board members."<BR>
887 -- a north suburban parent 888 <BR><BR> 889 890 891 892</I> 893</DIV> 894</TD> 895 896<TD width=5%> </TD> 897 898<TD width=40% valign=top> 899<DIV align=center> 900<I> 901 902 903 904 "Thanks for bucking the tide of unreason!"<BR> 905 -- Ph.D. professor of education, Canada 906 <P> 907 908 909 910 "Your site is fantastic because it is everything that 911 should be done in education, none of this fluffy, touchy-feely business."<BR> 912 -- A high school physics teacher in the Chicago Public Schools 913 <P> 914 915 "Prior to becoming an attorney, I earned two Masters degrees (one of which was in 916 special education) and a Doctorate in education. For 30 years I was a public 917 school teacher and administrator. I absolutely concur with your perspective on 918 the structure and strategies of public education."<BR> 919 -- a Chicago attorney 920 <P> 921 922 923 924 "Wow, is illinoisloop.org ever accurate about school processes and strategies! 925 ... I find schools' resistance to systemic change to focus on children to be 926 pathetic and embarassing. Advocates for public education are having more and 927 more difficulty defending schools. 928 ... Every day I understand more about the enormous difficulty of
929 truly changing schools so that they focus on kids. ... 930 I applaud your insights and efforts."<BR> 931 -- A local former teacher and assistant superintendent 932 <BR><BR> 933 934 935 936 937 "I have 8 more years of teaching in the public school system still to go before I 938 can retire and I feel more optimistic that I can make it since finding your 939 website. You are a most welcome antidote to the insanity!! I need the laughs, 940 the insight and the sense that I'm not alone which your website provides and I've 941 only explored a little. Many thanks!!!!"<BR> 942 -- Kathy, a teacher in Toronto 943 <BR><BR> 944 945 946 947 948 "For all you do, thank you! How I wish you were running the 949 educational programs in our district, our state. Ever consider?"<BR> 950 -- a local parent 951 <BR><BR> 952 953 954 955 "Thanks for everything you are doing! How can I get involved?"<BR> 956 -- an Illinois math teacher (25+ years) 957 <BR><BR> 958 959 960 "Thank you so much for your site - I thought I was losing my mind!"<BR> 961 -- signed, "frustrated Math Mom in New York" 962 <BR><BR> 963 964 965 "This site is the Holy Grail! ... 966 Great site ... keep up the good work."<BR> 967 -- an architect 968 <BR><BR> 969 970 "This is the most fantastic education site, and I just wanted to thank you for 971 your work. I wish everyone could see this site so they had a clear understanding 972 of the follies in the modern education establishment. ... 973 You guys are my heroes, and I absolutely love this site."<BR> 974 -- a teacher in Miami 975 <BR><BR> 976 977 978 "My son ... forwarded your [web address] to me a few weeks 979 ago. Your notes are the best current compilation of what is happening 980 today and I commend you for them."<BR> 981 -- a parent in Newton, MA 982 <BR><BR> 983 984 "God bless you! Know this is lots of work on your part. 985 But it will pay off in the long run. I am starting to give out 986 the web site address to candidates who often talk about solutions to education when in reality they have "no clue" as to what their solution will do. Thanks for all you do."<BR> 987 -- a suburban parent 988 <BR><BR> 989 990 "This is DELIGHTFUL! I was an English professor for 20 years and now am a talk radio 991 show host. ... Your site is delightful ... 992 And your clear laying out of the issues (liberal vs. conservative) is balanced and fair-minded. 993 Thank you so much for your wish to return high standards and common sense to public school teaching."<BR> 994 -- a Vermont Dad 995 <BR><BR> 996 997 "I just started browsing through your site. However, it will take me a while 998 to digest it all. I think, based on what I have read so far, that it is 999 wonderful."<BR> 1000 -- a career-switcher, going back to ed school to become a teacher 1001 <BR><BR> 1002 1003 "What a spectacular bringing together of information!"<BR> 1004 -- a suburban parent 1005 <BR><BR> 1006 1007 "Thanks for all your work! The site is a wealth of information and I have used it often in my struggles.."<BR> 1008 -- a suburban parent 1009 <BR><BR> 1010 1011 "Congratulations on creating a comprehensive, one-stop information shop for 1012 parents and education activists that is both deep and wide! You have provided 1013 pointers to all of the "things that make you go, 'Hmmm...'" in K-12 education, 1014 which would otherwise take weeks of intensive Interent searching to collect -- 1015 if you knew what to look for in the first place. 1016 Keep up the good work."<BR> 1017 -- a Minnesota education activist 1018 <BR><BR> 1019 1020 "You are such a gem to send out these marvelous pieces to all of us. 1021 I am in awe of your passion and perseverance to fix the problems 1022 with education."<BR> 1023 -- an Ed.D. in the Chicago suburbs 1024 <BR><BR> 1025 1026 "Congratulations! You should be so proud of having provided such 1027 quality information to so many people."<BR> 1028 -- a suburban teacher 1029 <BR><BR> 1030 1031 1032 "I love being able to arm myself 1033 against the progressive establishment with the articles you post. Thanks."<BR> 1034 -- a sixth grade teacher in Texas 1035 <P> 1036 1037 "Fantastic site!! Hope we can get something going like this in MA."<BR> 1038 -- a former teacher and current school board member in Massachusetts 1039 <P> 1040 1041 1042</I> 1043</DIV> 1044</TD> 1045 1046<TD width=10%> </TD> 1047 1048 1049</TR></TABLE> 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057</UL> 1058<A NAME="tips"></A> 1059<H3>Tips on Viewing Links</H3> 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064<H4>PDF Documents</H4> 1065<UL> 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070Many of the links we provide are to "PDF" documents. 1071If your computer doesn't have the Adobe Acrobat Reader already, 1072you can <A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html" TARGET="_blank"> 1073download it here</A> for free. 1074 1075 1076<A NAME="broken"></A> 1077</UL> 1078<H4>Broken Links?</H4> 1079<UL> 1080 1081 1082 1083We link to many other sources for information. Sometimes these other websites 1084drop an item, or relocate it to a new web address. 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