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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Claudine Gay and Clarence Thomas appear to have benefited from affirmative action. Dick Cheney got into Yale because, in 1959, there was a movement for geographical diversity. Cheney partied with the football team and flunked out. Prez. Gay and Prof./Sen. Liz presumably leveraged their ancestors’ minority status to grab their brass (gold?) rings. LBJ and JFK apparently rigged votes in Texas. Ronald Reagan was a union organizer and Dick Nixon played Joe McCarthy to beat Helen Douglas in 1950 and parlayed that to VP and President. Who thinks Pritzker belongs in Springfield or D.C.? Diogenes’ search continues.
Non-working link a true fact. Concur.
Fixed it: https://www.newsweek.com/claudine-gay-why-i-never-checked-black-box-opinion-1851411#:~:text=By%20checking%20the%20%22black%22%20box%2C%20I%20was%20being%20asked,redemption%20through%20higher%20enrollment%20numbers.
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