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CPS Board calls on Gov. Pritzker to reject federal program that funds private school tuition – Chicago Sun-Times
Board member Che “Rhymefest” Smith, who abstained from the vote, said the board spends too much time talking about politics. “Fifty-four percent of our time is wasted on politics, and government things, and I’m not saying politics ain’t important, but what are we doing as a board when we only spend 14 percent of our time talking about student outcomes?” Smith said. SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
In Chicago, merely abstaining from a vote the CTU demands qualifies as political courage.
The amazing part of this discussion is that what CPS and of course CTU and most public schools are fighting against here is a scholarship program funded by contributions. Those contributions are tax deductible up to a point by the doner. These greedy jackasses don’t even want people to contribute to a scholarship fund to help students more easily go to a school of their choosing. This isn’t a tax payer funded prOgram, these are people contributing their after tax money to an educational scholarship and getting a tax deduction for it. But, for these people, any money spent on… Read more »
As I recall, Stacy Davis Gates said she sent her son to DeLasalle so he could play soccer. That HS is not a soccer powerhouse and plenty of club options exist. Welch sends his son to Naz, which is a baseball powerhouse but many travel baseball club options exist and most public high schools have baseball teams. Both understandably want better for their kids. But by sending them to private schools they are admitting that school quality lags in their area so they use the fig leaf of sports to explain why they don’t live what they preach about public… Read more »
Checking DNC stenographer Emmanuel Camarillo’s past scribblings, he regularly acts as ombudsman for CPS, a service the Useless Chiago Media also provides.
If there’s anything that Illinois political animals cannot abide, it’s the possibility that children of plebes might be able to attend private schools alongside the children of Illinois political animals. Illinois political animals are paid handsomely for their protection racket on behalf of the CTU and IEA.
As direct recipients of confiscated taxpayer funds, CTU and IEA should be treated like any government contractor and not be allowed to line political animal pockets with said confiscated taxpayer funds.
Yes, it’s about the money, but they’re also afraid that parents will see what real education is about in better schools where kids actually learn reading and math. With their test scores, they have nothing to be proud of.
Of course the CHicago Teachers Union does want any competition for the fine job they are doing in educating the kids of Chicago.
If CPS would actually start educating students instead of indoctrinating students and pushing far left ideology, maybe parents would choose CPS. Taking away school choice from parents and students is taking away parent and student choice. Doing the job of educating students instead of taking away rights
When you have a crap product but are the only product on the market, any competing product shown to be demonstrably better is a major threat, and the product CPS is selling is not just crap but festering maggot ridden excrement.
Of course they’re afraid. Competition for students. Dogass teachers out of work. But will Putzger have the stones to allow parents to choose their children’s schools or go for the CTU vote ?
His kid , and Staceys kids are in private schools. They chose ,why shouldn’t you ?
A “rapper” on the school board speaks volumes. Does “ Rhymefest “ lay down any beats to the CTU re their Marxist ideology and dismal education statistics?