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Eighth-grader Eleni Nicolaudes carried a sign that summed up her feelings on remote learning: “Stressed Out.” Her younger sister, Sofia, made a sign that told her health story of being a Type 1 diabetic who had COVID-19 and survived. “I like to see my friends,” Sofia said. “I just want to go back to school.”
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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It’s about time women, especially suburban bubbled women, understand what’s really going on and act in turn. Ehh, who am I kidding, even when hit with the cold reality of gamesmanship, they’ll still end up voting with emotions under the guise that teachers somehow really care about anything besides their benefits. LOL