Illinois to use $17 million in federal COVID-19 aid to fund Freedom Schools – Chicago Tribune*

Freedom Schools is a literacy and cultural enrichment program rooted in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, part of an effort to close the achievement gap for struggling students. The initiative will supplement student learning taking place in the classroom with a research-based, multicultural curriculum offered during the summer or after-school hours, Illinois State Board of Education officials said.

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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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