"Beyond policy victories, we have created a seismic shift in the rooms where Chicago education policy is shaped." Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
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Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
Chicago Teachers Union is the prime example of the evil of public sector unions. The members are greedy evil terrorists and have a special place in hell waiting for them. Since the Janus decision any CTU member who wishes to leave the criminal coven can do so. Failure to leave condems them to that corner of hell with the rest of the primordial scum.
Consider this fact: unions exist for union members enhancements, no one else’s.
Though most unions pride themselves on the quality of the product their union members produce, CTU does not. Its focus is on power – and they’ve done a bang up job accumulating it.
So, don’t ever expect CTU to consider student outcomes a standard by which they judge their effectiveness.
Somebody should tell CTU that they didn’t do any of this. It’s the voters, everybody knows that, so don’t go trying to claim all the credit. And we know just the person to break the news to them.
Union thugs spreading lies. What corrupt and laughable leadership. Stacy Davis and Brandon don’t even bother to pay their bills. (By the way, Stacy, is your primary residence Illinois or Indiana?)
Too bad that actually teaching students basic math and reading is such a low priority for the greedy CTU.
Most shamefully, they killed school choice in Illinois.
But, boy, do they know how to churn out the propaganda. Propaganda and lies–isn’t that how Hitler took over Germany…
The job of teachers is to teach our children not to shut down schools that are alternatives to public education. Is the CTU afraid of competition? They should be afraid. After all, if the product of teachers work is students ability to read and do math, the vast majority of CTU teachers should be fired.
Teaching is a noble profession but anyone worthy of the name shouldn’t agree to be a member of the CTU.
I started reading the article and almost choked on my own vomit so I stopped. What was the article about? The kids all excel in academics? Costs are under control? Taxpayers will get a huge refund for decades of over payments? School choice is #1 priority? Ooop’s some more is coming up. Gotta go!!
Among the virtues of our commitment at Wirepoints to publish all significant viewpoints is that the jokes write themselves.
Unfortunately if your a city resident, like me, the jokes on you. Your the joke and the vast majority are to stupid to know it.