The Chicago Public Schools budget hangs in the balance as the Trump administration's Department of Education goes after diversity, equity and inclusion programming. The turmoil now sweeping public school districts is likely to hit especially hard in Chicago, where the Board of Education has struggled to balance its budget amid governance upheaval and a shift to a partially-elected school board.
Sending troops to Arkansas to enforce integration provides precedent for the Federal government to use available means to encourage schools to observe constitutional rules. Rules and interpretations can change as in the court overruling Plessy.
The new Administration is giving CPS a reminder that the rules and/or interpretations have changed. Less bucks should be more palatable than buckshot.
So, spend teacher pay and perk money paying lawyers. The distance to bankruptcy will just get shorter.
FJB & Fauci too
1 year ago
DEI stands for Didn’t Earn It
David F
1 year ago
Cut ALL federal funding to Chicago, CPS, and Illinois ENTIRELY.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Sending troops to Arkansas to enforce integration provides precedent for the Federal government to use available means to encourage schools to observe constitutional rules. Rules and interpretations can change as in the court overruling Plessy.
The new Administration is giving CPS a reminder that the rules and/or interpretations have changed. Less bucks should be more palatable than buckshot.
So, spend teacher pay and perk money paying lawyers. The distance to bankruptcy will just get shorter.
DEI stands for Didn’t Earn It
Cut ALL federal funding to Chicago, CPS, and Illinois ENTIRELY.