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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“This creates another challenge for our public schools who are already struggling to recruit good teachers in the midst of a statewide teacher shortage.”
How can we have a teacher shortage when I keep hearing how lucrative it is to be a teacher. I personally would not want to do that job but many people on this site talk about how the teachers are so greedy and barely work I would think they may want to apply.
I think many people would want to be teachers, unfortunately most of the public schools are not into teaching anymore, but progressive indoctrination. To be a teacher you need to jump through a number of certification hoops that are totally useless and a time waste. Then when you are a teacher you don’t even have any control over your curriculum, it’s all progressive doctrine. Best to home school or find an acceptable private school.
Student/teacher ratios have never been lower than they are today. Previous generations of teachers wish they had it as good.
Curious! Are private school teachers in Illinois required to “Opt” out of SS and Med when they get a job for the public school system? The years working for private schools are calculated toward SS and Med so why transfer 2 years of those benefits and possibly lose SS if they have to opt out. Answer seems that the pension will be much larger that SS. What if they go back to private schools a few years later. Do they then lose the pension? If they are not required to opt out do they pay into SS and Med? Does… Read more »
This is odd. For two years of pensionable teaching credit, a transferring teacher will have paid 2 years of SS/Med AND pensions. Does this teacher forfeit 2 years of private school service credit towards Social Security, even though they paid into it? It can’t be both.
I think a law was passed or may be still on the governor’s desk to allow private school teachers who switch to the public schools to buy-in up to two years of credit toward the public pension systems for teachers, that amount to include any money normally paid by the local school district as well as the usual teacher contribution. I don’t know that its true that such a newbie would automatically “lose” his two years of contribution credits in the Social Security System; perhaps that’s the case, but I doubt it. Even so, presuming he/she stays for a reasonably… Read more »