Ted was on with Dan and Amy to talk about the the diminishing enrollment numbers at Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Lightfoot’s proposal to add affordable housing downtown, the damage the SAFE-T Act will do to Illinoisans’ safety and more.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Trapped in a death spiral: Chicago Public School spending hits record $29K per student as enrollment shrinks, outcomes plummet
- Chicago 2022 homicide rate 5 times higher than New York City’s, 2.5 times higher than Los Angeles’
- Chicago 2022 homicides will exceed 2019 baseline; McDonald’s CEO warns city’s future at stake
- McDonald’s and the Crisis of Chicago – Wirepoints in the Wall Street Journal*
- The scream and Chicago’s “Great Unraveling” – Wirepoints on The Chicago Way with John Kass
- Chicago not a “hellhole,” but the facts show it’s a living hell for far too many people
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.
Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss how politicians can never spend enough on education despite there being no accountability for that spending, the growth of education staffing across Illinois, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1 billion demand for Chicago schools, why Gov. Pritzker is providing $830 million in taxpayer subsidies to struggling EV carmaker Rivian, and more.
I know how to fix it just throw more tax dollars at it
My favorite part is the low income residents to be plunked on LaSalle Street. Let’s convert some of the finest office space in the world into low income housing and find out what the other commercial tenants think about that. And at what cost per unit to convert to residential? The private sector has done this many times for market rate or condos in Chicago and other places but only for high rent apartments and expensive condos. I will be hysterical to see pols try to justify $400k-$600k per unit for low income housing.
They won’t have to justify it, they’ll just do it.
Folks, once again don’t ever confuse a government jobs program with education.
Suggestion, now that Miami-Dade school dist has now overtaken cps as 3rd largest school system in country do an articale comparing cps to Miami-Dade for– test scores, $ spent per student, graduation rates, etc
It would help to see what percentage of total property taxes goes to the school districts. How much administrators per district compared to our bloated ones. I think every district comprises of 40K students so how many administrators do they have compared to every 40K students here which is probably dozens of districts. What are their pension obligation costs? Health insurance costs for every teacher and employee compared to ours. Lots of comparisons to do.