Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
I don’t think Covid is high among the reasons that states like Illinois have lost population. Way too many other, more important, reasons we have seen population diminish.
I think the author is saying there is a correlation with COVID-19 policies, not that COVID-19 policies caused them to move.
You’re probably right that it’s more about the correlation but plenty of people left just because of the lock downs themselves. Look No further than JJ McCarthy, the Michigan QB that is entering the draft early. He was attending Naz until the Covid lockdowns and was forced to finish out his high school at IMG Academy in Florida. He had no choice if he was going to work on his game. During the national championship game the announcers kept talking about how he has strengthened his mental health because he had to learn how to deal with depression when he… Read more »
100% agree with you