Pritzker doubles down with $827 million of taxpayer money for expansion by troubled electric vehicle maker, Rivian – Wirepoints
At $1.5 million per job, the new incentive package from the state is at least 15 times the norm. For this much money, the state could have just handed out a million bucks to 827 people, instead of creating 550 jobs.
Selective enrollment CPS high schools already receive less $/student CPS funding than many of the low-performing low-enrollment high schools. That said, clearly demonstrates “funding” has relative little impact on academic achievement of students. Quality of faculty, parental supervision of their children’s school performance and classroom attention, teachers’ command of classroom discipline, and emphasis on educational fundamentals of reading, writing, and math skills are far greater determinants of academic achievement. The selective enrollment schools contain students who are academically-motivated. The low-performing schools contain students who are captive to their disruptive classmates and disinterested teachers. Let’s not forget CPS has nearly half… Read more »