Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
Old Joe remembers a time before Ted Kennedy when Arabs lived and died in the Middle East.
Water canon is a nice less than lethal choice in crowd control.
I’m quite tired of demonstrations. Don’t peaceful law abiding citizens have the right to move about the city unimpeded?
Folks, WE have rights too!
Water cannon? Do you think the 1st amendment only applies to those who you agree with? These protests have been peaceful and law abiding.
You’re right. Water cannon is too nice. I prefer rubber bullets and police batons. These aren’t protests. What are they protesting? This is practically terrorism when they shut down traffic over some stupid ethnic battle halfway across the world. Take your petty ethnic grievances back to the old world Nobody wants this nonsense here