Wirepoints’ “Not a single student can do math at grade level in 53 Illinois schools. For reading, it’s 30 schools” has some state lawmakers admitting there are serious problems with Illinois public education.
Illinois State Sen. Willie Preston, a Democrat, told Fox News: “Government isn’t the anthem for all things. I think that we have to reengage parents, have parents actively take a role inside the schools when they can be, but in addition, we need to make certain that we… spend our money in the right way as it pertains to our children’s education.”
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- Elgin’s Tony Sanders promoted to Illinois State Superintendent, though just 2 in 10 students in his district can read at grade level.
- Six facts Gov. Pritzker doesn’t want you to know about Illinois’ 2022 Report Card
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
That is how the dumicrats want them so they can manipulate and harvest elegance and perpetual votes. The dumbest, the better to be dependent on the government handouts.
The highest paid public school teachers deliver the dumbest kids in the nation. In the real world results matter and buffoons like CTU are tossed to the curb. The only solution is school vouchers for all and fire the incompetent CTU members. Or just bust the union.
Solutions: 2. Because Illinois insists that defined benefits pension entitlements are a sustainable standard, then nurses and doctors in Illinois should insist on the same deal. Discussion Nurses and doctors should insist upon State-guaranteed and taxpayer-funded defined benefits pension which starts age 55, after 20 years working. These pensions must be spiked by contract, similar to teachers so that $50,000 to well over $100,000 are the starting annual payments. There must be a 3.5% COLA compounded annually so that by age 75 pensioners are paid double the starting amount. As with teachers, nurses and docs could start drawing their $50,000-$100,000+… Read more »
Solutions: 1. Make early retirement (55-year-old to 58 year-olds) defined benefits retirement recipients’ free healthcare insurance only valid at Illinois medical provision locations. Discussion When teachers can work 20 years without personally contributing, and get $50,000+ annually with 3% COLA, compared with nurses and doctors who must work to age 67 to draw SS of half that amount, and for which nurses and docs actually had to personally pay for over decades working …when that happens there is a problem similar to the ‘tragedy of the commons’. Just as Illinois Governor Pritzker may send his family to Florida or Wisconsin… Read more »
“Government isn’t the answer for all things.” Spoken like a true conservative! How do the city and state expect to attract high paying tech jobs and skilled trades if the kids can’t even do basic math or read?
And the usual answer, “we must increase funding” will occur despite111 not working in the past; do things ever change?
Funding has been increased every year for decades and the results only get worse
Nope, same with cops, the answer is always more funding, and nothing changes.
The just pass the kids on to the next grade and then give them a HS diploma. This is criminal, stealing from the taxpayer money for a job they are not doing and stealing the futures of the students for years to come. CPS and CTU are nothing but money grabbing blood suckers. But on the good side they can always become criminals as that is a growth industry in the Chitty of Chicago.