Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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And just who does not realize that the VP of the CTU is biased?
This decision will drive the remaining middle class out of Chicago/Cook County.
This is complete and utter drivel. They want to destroy an extremely diverse and well-integrated magnet school because, reading between the lines, there are too few black students in attendance at Whitney Young. And like all communists, their replacement plan is always really vague. They suggest replacing high performing schools with community driven schools that focus on nonsensical initiatives like: “..green technology skills linked to engineering and computing to tackle the imminent threat of climate change and ameliorate the cumulative impacts of pollution and toxins that contaminate too many of our frontline communities.” Note that he doesn’t propose teaching students… Read more »
Somebody I know close to CTU leadership told me the nuttiest of the CTU extremists are white males like Jackson Potter, the CTU VP who authored this. That’s because they have to go above and beyond to prove their wokeness and radicalism, he said.
Interesting, I had no idea that Jackson Potter was white. I evaluated the editorial purely on it’s content and it’s ideas, without any consideration of the skin color of the author. That’s why I love this internet medium so much, and that’s why I love talking on the phone too. It doesn’t matter if the other person is black, white, gay, mexican, or trans, or whatever, because you can’t see the person, and their ideas can only be judged on the content of what is provided. That’s why when I’m on the phone with customers for my job, it makes… Read more »
Mark , Malcom X said it best. The White Liberal is the enemy of America and the enemy of Black People. He stated this some 60 years ago.