Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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While each state has different regulations for homeschooling — and most of them are relatively weak — Illinois is among a small minority that places virtually no rules on parents who homeschool their children: The parents aren’t required to register with any governmental agency, and no tests are required. Parents don’t have to have a high school diploma or GED, and state authorities cannot compel them to demonstrate their teaching methods or prove attendance, curriculum or testing outcomes.
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Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
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Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Tell me how effective government schools are at teaching children versus home schoolers.
The article takes an extreme outlier and justifies a crack down on parents’ rights
Nonsense!
While your opinions are valid and certainly associated with anecdotal data, there is no quantitative data from Illinois that backs up your opinion. It’s interesting that you used the phrase “extreme outlier” which infers statistical analysis.
I think the homeschool associations might want to distance themselves from these “no schoolers” as it might tarnish their reputation.
OMG! No standards to force LQBTQP+ on home school kids! Big Brother can’t let this happen!