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.
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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.”
Hmm, are CPS grads really gonna pay for my social security going forward?
Chicago government agencies are masters at mediocrity. Intelligent people are suspect.
It is obvious by now that the Chicago voters and parents could care less about the educational status of their children.
Mediocrity would be an improvement for CPS.
Will these massive vestiges of past racism and segregation be repurposed? Some, like Lane Tech could be easily used as immigrant camps.
Unlike capitalism, it doesn’t take brains or effort to rule under communism, only the fist. Communists will have no competition with humans that can think.
It’s no wonder education is being forced to fail.
Here is an interesting to say the least article about the Rockford school district. Parents are starting to get fed up with this pronoun BS and starting to take legal action.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/parents-sue-rockford-school-district-164324867.html
One mistake I make posting this is it’s Rockford,Michigan not Illinois but at least people are getting upset around the country. Sorry because I’m getting bent out of shape over the news. Rockford school district wants to raise their levy to the max of 5% and the city of Belvidere also wants to raise the levy to the max. This is just the beginning.
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Neighborhood schools have AP classes.
Once again folks, don’t confuse CPS with education.
Wow! Jonathon Turley: he voted twice for Obama.
BUT BUT CPS/CTU says that the goal to is make *every* school academically challenging and high performing, which means there’s no need for selective and magnet schools any more.
Can’t we just take them at their word? Are we not listening to them? Every school will be good.
Excellence in teaching will NEVER happen if CTU is involved. That would take work and firing the incompetent. Work is a foreign concept to the leeches of CTU and since nearly all CTU members are incompetent that would be too much of a hit on the union dues so ….it will NEVER happen.