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"The decline was 44% among Black pre-kindergarten students and district leaders did not immediately know why. Chicago has reported higher COVID-19 rates and hospitalizations in some of the city’s Black neighborhoods. While rates have been similarly high in Latino neighborhoods, the percentage of Latino preschoolers declined 29%, compared with 22% for white students and 9% among Asian students."
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
I want Christopher Columbus in the schools.
So, a commensurate reduction in staffing can be expected then…?
The Marxist deathgrip (CTU) on our municipal education system must be eliminated.
Enrollment decline was in direct proportion to the ethnic breakdown of CPS enrollment. It wasn’t like there was a mass exodus of black students while the number of white students remained constant. I don’t know what to make of this other than parents across all races assessed the situation equally.
Cut staff; close schools; do what’s possible to teach young “less privileged” students to read, do arithmetic and operate computers. Buy them computers (dedicated to online education) and pay for internet if needed. As COVID persists, create community centers that are supervised by a couple skilled teachers and some dedicated (salaried even) parents. Give the students ’til 3rd grade the opportunity and privilege to learn. Maintain age-appropriate respect and order in schools and learning center. It’s sort of the same theory as Head Start. Or start earlier than kindergarten and fold Head Start into the CPS program. After that put… Read more »
Give the teachers a huge raise, Oh that’s right they are!!
They get a better education on the streets than in a Chicago School.
Some of the worst schools in the nation are in Chicago.
If this isn’t a reason to mitigate a property tax increase, I don’t know what is. Get with it, Lori, or GTF out of office.