Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
For people who are interested in facts and in supporting Illinois’ students and communities, it’s important to understand that a school’s proficiency rates correlate exactly with the income levels of the students and families they serve. This “report” singles out schools that serve some of the most underresourced families in the state. These achievement gaps based on family income level are why Governor Pritzker is investing $300 million over the next four years to expand access to high-quality early learning programs to help close gaps in learning and development before students start kindergarten. Illinois evaluates schools based on multiple measures… Read more »
News flash- most education experts agree that they are doing a fine job.
How much more do teachers require to teach students reading and math?
$29K/student? $35K/student? $40K/student?
Even at the current expenditure per child the kids could be enrolled in private schools.
ALL kids deserve to learn to read and do math.
Oh, so according to the state it is ok to have such horrid results because it is only in the schools in poor neighborhoods? Their view is “Who cares about them. Most of the other schools are ok”? Geez.
They are worse than crappy, it is a stretch to even call them “Schools”. They are a place young people learn criminal skills.