Chicago Teachers Union fails to turn $68K per student into even 1 academic win – Illinois Policy

Douglass Academy High School spends $68,091 per student compared to the district’s average of $18,287. The most recent test data available shows no 11th grade students could read or perform math at grade level on the SAT in the 2021-2022 school year, and 86 percent of tested students scored in the lowest proficiency level for reading. The school also experiences an absenteeism problem.
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Lawrence
1 year ago

The US has implemented antitrust laws at state and federal levels designed to protect and promote competition within all sectors of the economy (The Sherman Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Clayton Act are the three pivotal laws in the history of antitrust regulation). The term “trust” in antitrust refers to a group of businesses that collude or monopolize to control pricing in a specific market. So, why does the Chicago Teachers Union have the exclusive authority to educate our children? The glaring disparities in our society often trace back to education. When children lack basic literacy, numeracy,… Read more »

Freddy
1 year ago

Like I’ve said before the cost per pupil means nothing to the average parent who has a student in Douglas or any of the other public schools. Their costs out of pocket is close to zero since “Education shall be Free K-12). If on the other hand they them charged tuition on a per pupil basis for the local school there would be zero students enrolled in a blink of an eye even if they were to get reimbursed later at tax time. Imagine billing the parent $68K per child.

Tom Paine's Ghost
1 year ago

The purpose of CTU isn’t teaching. The purpose is to steal from taxpayers, groom children for pedophilia and act as domestic terrorists. That is CTU.

LMAO
1 year ago

Pretty close

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