Ted was on with Dan and Amy to discuss Gov. Pritzker’s dismissal of any facts he disagrees with, how those with vested interests in the current education system distract from their failures, and how the facts on the ground remain the same: student achievement remains horrendous, teacher ratings remain near 100% and nobody takes any responsibility for those failures.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Trapped in a death spiral: Chicago Public School spending hits record $29K per student as enrollment shrinks, outcomes plummet
- Gov. Pritzker name-calls rather than admit to Illinois’ dire educational outcomes
- Wirepoints in the Wall Street Journal: Illinois’ Shocking Report Card. The Land of Lincoln is failing its children and covering it up.
- Don’t buy the hype: Chicago’s failing government schools aren’t a success story
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the free speech controversy brewing in Wilmette due to the city’s refusal to fly a religious freedom flag, the city’s left-wing excesses and the growing culture war, the latest money spent on the illegal immigrant crisis, and more.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/14/2024.
Chicago Public Schools is failing its students in almost every way. What can be done to save the educational futures of Chicago’s children? Join Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski as he participates in an education roundtable discussion hosted by Seeking Educational Excellence (SEE).
Unions first, kids second, as it is a teachers union not a student union. Think it is bad now? Just wait if Amendment One is passed on November 8, 2022. Amendment One will do for public education what the retirement benefits sentence that was added to the state constitution on December 15, 1970 did to pensions and retiree healthcare. That being, costs will go up, the financial condition will deteriorate, and dysfunction will be the norm. Anything the union could not get passed in the Illinois General Assembly, and then some….there will be attempts at various school districts statewide to… Read more »
How can anyone with a conscience live in Illinois?
Folks, you’re confusing education with a government jobs program…..