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"A report by Wirepoints found that more than 30 schools in Illinois failed to have even one student reading at grade level. Most of those schools were in the Chicago Public Schools District. The same report found that more than 50 schools in the Land of Lincoln failed to have any students doing math at grade level. Again, most of them were in Chicago."
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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You need look no further than Randy Weingarten’s temper tantrum on the steps of the Supreme Court this week where she was literally jumping up and down like an angry 5 year old about the debt forgiveness possibly being scuttled. I’m going to a realtor today and buy a house in Park Ridge and take out a college loan to pay for it.
Weingarten literally had a a psychotic break
I’ve seen her speak before … that was no temper tantrum and no psychotic break. It’s just her bombastic style.
Her histrionics are legend.
Offensive? Sure. Effective? That remains to be seen, but I hope not.
Greed-crazed terrorist teacher’s unions only care about power. They care nothing about education
It pays the same whether you do the job or not do the job.
Spot on. Bust all teachers unions nationwide. Greedy parasitic vermin hiding behing children and stealing from the parents.