It shouldn’t have taken a PhD in economics to notice this – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
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"However, what’s obvious is that the entire aim of the report is to get a guarantee in law for more funding for higher education. To sell that increased funding, the bureaucrats wrapped their findings in equity arguments and asserted that universities are currently underfunded."
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Twelve Illinois Congressmen vote against bill to give federal custody to non-citizen defendants charged or convicted with assaulting cops – Wirepoints Quickpoint
May 17, 2024
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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 Chicago Teachers Union Plays Hooky – Wirepoints in the Wall Street Journal*
May 17, 2024
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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.
Gov. Pritzker is using the threat of budget cuts to get more tax hikes passed – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
May 17, 2024
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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.
Public education staffing has ballooned over the years…yet kids still can’t read – Wirepoints on with Jeff Daly of WZUS Decatur Radio
May 17, 2024
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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.
So when is the Illinois GOP going to go to the airwaves and newspapers against this?
Reparations now anyone?! Once again, SMH
Having recently toured a few Illinois institutes of higher learning I would suggest that the issue is not a matter of “underfunded” but rather a matter of underattended. Perhaps therefore the back room plan is to adjust the education system to absorb the undereducated Chicago students we keep hearing about so often. Observe therefore to the streets of Chicago to see the future look of the Illinois college campuses that will be sold to the public as a guise to end racism.
No wonder an increasing share of our state’s best and brightest college-aged students go out of state. What parent in their right mind would want their young adult “educated” by the leaders of the “schools” that produced this study? It ignores more than half the picture, which is the efficiency, cost and outcomes of these schools / universities. Just garbage propaganda / misinformation.
Nice article find Wirepoints. This is not being talked about anywhere. Perhaps because it is so ridiculous, but more likely so they can get it passed without anyone knowing. Enrolment into Illinois public universities is down for every institution and for every slice of race they want to examine. So, does the college restructure or examine how to adapt to smaller enrolment, how to right size the services to the consumer of their services…nope. Let’s start a blue ribbon commission to form a new way to take more public money. Likely because, as it states in the article, Illinois is… Read more »