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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Sick and Twisted Bastards
Sounds like a grunge band. And for our first song-Transgender Boogie.
The Pritzkers are one screwed up family. Seriously, they are a jar of mixed nuts.
It is being misdirected, as a typical Pritzkeresque tactic, away from the primary issue (how to get public money steered to private interests) to being a ‘social justice’ issue. The point isn’t child welfare, the point is: should society be forced to pay for fulfilling some one individuals’ heart’s desire? Everyone has heart’s desires. Achieving many still must be self-funded. Achieving a few, which can be monetized by Pritzkereques, can become ‘rights’ and thus force-funded by society. What is the defining feature of sexual identity which distinguishes it from any other self-identity (like being rich or an astronaut or thin… Read more »
Dear Deity – that pic of “Jennifer”…!!! “A motivating and driving force behind the Pritzkers’ family-wide commitment to SSI has been J.B.’s cousin Jennifer (born James) Pritzker—a retired lieutenant colonel in the Illinois Army National Guard and the father of three children. In 2013, around the time gender ideology reached the level of mainstream American culture, Jennifer Pritzker [pictured, right] announced a transition to womanhood…”