The CTU election comes at a pivotal moment for education in Chicago, with schools still grappling with the effects of the pandemic, a mayoral election looming and the city’s first school board elections nearing. And it leaves teachers and support staff asking themselves a vital question: Should the union continue its role as a progressive force fighting for wider social justice issues inside and outside the classroom, or should it instead solely focus on classic teacher concerns such as pay, preparation time and pensions?
CTU is strongest argument for vouchers, home school
NB
4 years ago
Sometimes i take a look at the ctu’s website /press releases. They never once mentioned the taxpayer /homeowners. Also a lot of bragging about legislation they forced through Springfield to the benifit of their guaranteed no risk upper income members that local taxpayers are left out of voting for but have to pay for…but then again s. karp or any of the st reporters never mention the taxpayers or the astronomical sums cps spends to deliver substandard education to mostly low income kids of color either? EQUITY Hustle on steroids!!!
and the one other constant on ctu relentless press releases is they demand the $1.4 billion the city has left over in fed arpa $bucks$ be spent on them and not debt
Marko
4 years ago
The damage is done. It took Daley and Rahm 30 years to get high earning, big tax paying white families back into CPS and the CTU 3 years to wreck it. The exodus of high income families is real, and as the leave by the thousands funding follows. It will take at least a generation to forget the stench of Karen Lewis and Jesse Sharkey, two of the lowest scum sucking grifters to ever slither out of the socialist left. Good job commies, you wrecked CPS for another 20 years.
Wilton
4 years ago
Whoever or whatever is elected by the ctu one thing is crystal clear. The quality of education for Chicago’s kids will continue the accellerating slide to complete illiteracy while being taught by the highest paid teachers in the world.
nixit
4 years ago
Are we going to count Chicago Mag’s glowing essay of Stacy Davis Gates as election interference or are we just gonna memory hole it?
It’s hard enough for challengers to unseat incumbents, even more so when mainstream media doesn’t give them equal time.
MSM is just propaganda by ultra-woke leftists, many who live off inherited wealth and hate America and it’s free enterprise system. This is why alternative media like Wirepoints is invaluable.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
CTU is strongest argument for vouchers, home school
Sometimes i take a look at the ctu’s website /press releases. They never once mentioned the taxpayer /homeowners. Also a lot of bragging about legislation they forced through Springfield to the benifit of their guaranteed no risk upper income members that local taxpayers are left out of voting for but have to pay for…but then again s. karp or any of the st reporters never mention the taxpayers or the astronomical sums cps spends to deliver substandard education to mostly low income kids of color either? EQUITY Hustle on steroids!!!
and the one other constant on ctu relentless press releases is they demand the $1.4 billion the city has left over in fed arpa $bucks$ be spent on them and not debt
The damage is done. It took Daley and Rahm 30 years to get high earning, big tax paying white families back into CPS and the CTU 3 years to wreck it. The exodus of high income families is real, and as the leave by the thousands funding follows. It will take at least a generation to forget the stench of Karen Lewis and Jesse Sharkey, two of the lowest scum sucking grifters to ever slither out of the socialist left. Good job commies, you wrecked CPS for another 20 years.
Whoever or whatever is elected by the ctu one thing is crystal clear. The quality of education for Chicago’s kids will continue the accellerating slide to complete illiteracy while being taught by the highest paid teachers in the world.
Are we going to count Chicago Mag’s glowing essay of Stacy Davis Gates as election interference or are we just gonna memory hole it?
It’s hard enough for challengers to unseat incumbents, even more so when mainstream media doesn’t give them equal time.
MSM is just propaganda by ultra-woke leftists, many who live off inherited wealth and hate America and it’s free enterprise system. This is why alternative media like Wirepoints is invaluable.