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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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At the Philly School District, the principals were complaining about the crisis of crumbling buildings with asbestos, leaking roofs, and no heat. So when they get some federal money, what do they do with it? They don’t use it for building fixes. They use it for more staff such as diversity officers.
Philly schools committing $80m in classroom resources in new budget picture (inquirer.com)
What a complete lightweight principal. Isn’t there some virtue signaling there when he becomes the victim? Oh feel sympathy for me and our small family. Evidently this principal has been neutered by his leaders and posses no zeal to fight for his sons. Seth needs to grow up and get off his knees where he has been living his life. What a pathetic supposed feel good story about a dope.
Good to hear the other side. There is one thing I agree with totally though from the article. What good is a test if the results don’t come back until next year! Holy crap, talk about a bloated system. The test results should come back the next day so adjustments can be made for individual students. Is this testing for the benefit of some connected contractor or is it for the teacher to measure her class? If you have to wait a year for it to be graded, Id say somebody got a kickback from the testing company.
While I appreciate the link and I read the article, I give absolutely zero credibility to any person who voluntarily lives in Logan Sq. or sends their children to CPS. It won’t be long before this soy boy transfers out of CPS, moves to my suburb, and sends his kid to my school. I encourage my boys to pick on the children of weak progressives. Of course, they enjoy it, but it toughens up the poor unfortunate children of the soy, and makes them stronger and more likely to be conservative because they learn early on that CO-EXIST is just… Read more »
“I encourage my boys to pick on the children of weak progressives.”
“Of course, they enjoy it, but it toughens up the poor unfortunate children of the soy, and makes them stronger and more likely to be conservative because they learn early on that CO-EXIST is just a bumper sticker.”
Children of communists should be mocked and ridiculed.
Perhaps this fellow could pen another essay explaining exactly what standards are used to evaluate a child’s progress from year to year. Private sector employees face quarterly reviews. Failure to meet them regularly involves remediation often termination. So how are educators to be annually evaluated? Thugs who smash windows, hijack cars and regularly shoot each other have all spent years on the CPS conveyor belt moving along from year to year. How should we place value on the CPS system?