Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about Illinois’ dismal education results, how the education system fools parents into thinking their children are doing well, why uninvolved parents and an uncaring, bloated education system are both to blame for students’ failures, and more.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Illinois lawmakers’ decision to kill school choice looks increasingly absurd
- The evidence so far on Illinois’ ‘Evidence-Based Funding’ for K-12 schools: It’s a flop – Wirepoints Special Report
- The big myth that needs debunking: Illinois needs more money for education – Wirepoints Special Report
- Kids Can’t Read
Audio and summary 
If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Let’s not forget that a large number of CPU parents are products of CPS and probably cannot read or do math at a level where the parents can help their kids.
Don’t forget that the $30K figure is the average over the entire district. When broken down to individual schools the number is much higher like schools that can accommodate 1K students or more only have 100 kids or so but have a full staff. That is a real drain on taxpayers money and a waste of resources.
Yea it’s the parents alright. But those are the same parents who vote for the DEMS who control everything. So it just gets worse and the same Leftists refuse to connect the dots.
The only two purposes of the CTU appear to be job justification and promulgation of political theory.
BJ, you forgot donations to the Democratic Party.