Damning report reveals there are no students proficient in either math or reading at 60 public schools in Illinois: Lawmaker slams pandemic policies for ‘serious’ academic decline – Daily Mail

State Sen. Willie Preston argued there were many factors in play when it came to abysmal outcomes for students. "I don't know that it's fair to lay this all at the feet of teachers. I think there are other factors," Preston said. "As a community, we just can't focus on the dollars being put in the classroom. We have to reengage a working-class, rebuilding working-class communities."