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.”
Perhaps a better idea would be to sell groceries through the post office! Medical care and banking are headed that way. It would be convenient to cash your government check, buy some food and have your rash treated as you pick up your mail.
I’m reminded of the long ago “food desert” called the Soviet Union. No one starved but all went hungry. Food could be found on the black market but it was pricey and painful if caught.
This economic illiterate should be laughed off the stage — anyone who thinks a city owned business is a good idea is no “expert” on anything but virtue-signaling vomit