Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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I bet that % is higher. No one asked me or anyone else I know.
When they ban teaching CRT, which they should also ban sex ed in grades K-5.
Kids don’t need exposure to gender ID, gender fluidity, homosexuality, and transgender topics. They don’t have the maturity to understand all that. Let boys be boys and girls be girls until they are older.
What six-year-old doesn’t want to be a pirate? Or a princess?
Well if they don’t teach it, there should be no harm in banning it. Win-win!
Virginia’s model for taking back schools will catch fire here
“OFFICIALLY, we don’t teach critical race theory. We teach all of the same concepts we just call them something else: equity, race hating, white privilege, gender theory for 2nd graders, intersectionality, etc.”