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.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
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.”
In a typical workweek I take about eight separate Uber/Lyft rides up here in Evanston. Many drivers inform that they will no longer work in Chicago because of the increased crime… “It used to be great, now Chicago is dead… too much violence… are you kidding, I want to live…”, etcetera…
Some free advice for ride share drivers: don’t leave home without it.
No more shootings after January 1st because the criminals haven’t registered their guns and they can’t be used anymore
Ah, crime again rears its ugly head, and now the west side is a ‘Transit Desert’.