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"But most significantly, Johnson brings a teachers union-friendly perspective that rejects many of the education ideas that once dominated Democratic politics and defined (Paul) Vallas’ career: a focus on accountability for schools, teachers, and students; market-based school choice; and top-down decision-making from the mayor. Support from Democrats for those ideas began to erode years ago, making Johnson’s rise part of a bigger national shift. "
Summary and audio linked here.
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.
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.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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What a bullshit headline. School choice is surging across the nation. Most states have recognized how badly K-12 education is declining while Illinois, especially Chicago, are in denial.
I believe Indiana just approved $600 mil for school choice vouchers
So, the neighborhood cps schools aren’t good enough for CTU/Brandon either(im sure same for gates & most ctu parents)??–“he has taken advantage of it for his three children, two of whom attend a magnet elementary school and one who attends a neighborhood high school that is not his zoned school.”, —who’s CTU/Brandon going to find to fill up all those empty classrooms?
Illegal Aliens
And with all these soon – to – be – empty Walmarts we’ll have even *more* “housing opportunities” for illegal aliens, lol…