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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Hmm, if importing the 3rd world by the millions is the way forward we’ll all be rich.
A short drive through the back of the yards, little village, new city, highwood or round lake is a sad picture of an impoverished, third world barrio looking future. The interviewee fails to mention that previous generations *built* the neighborhoods they now live in, and they’ve been poor stewards, at best, and try to make their new neighborhoods feel like the old country. They’ll still remitting money home because America is not their home, Mexico is their home, they are economic migrants milking the US economy for free health care, they pay no income tax, they have no car insurance,… Read more »