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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Interesting article, the writer tries to draw some relationship between press briefings and covid cases. I watched or listened to those daily. The briefing part was politicized, the Q&A was better in that it exposed the Lack of Leadership governor JB which resulted in a loss of life of 35K Illinois residents. See how many times the people in this article use words like I think, Could be, Its hard to know, etc. The executive director say’s, Could we make this wave less intense, and could we make it so that fewer things are disrupted? Absolutely. Are we doing it? No, we’re not,” she… Read more »
That’s wonderful Arbuckle! Nobody wants to talk about Covid when you’ve got the Khardasians to follow.