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The plan promises to improve services for students with disabilities, strengthen career and technical education, make grading and school admissions fairer, and expand after-school and summer programs, among 10 academic initiatives the district will tackle in the coming years. The first order of business, though: a push to revitalize the district’s neighborhood schools.
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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His plans are in direct opposition to the plans dear to the heart of the CTU. They want more money, more teachers and fewer kids to bother them. Oh, and don’t forget the CTU wants the kids to be out rioting, burning and stealing during school hours.
Bouncing back from the pandemic – like everything was great before evil COVID, and they just need to get back to that happy place. Ridiculous, just like every proposal he mentions.
**Too bad I can’t downvote myself and save you the trouble.**
Reimaging schools to this Boss includes everything except teaching.