Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
For NPR this was a surprisingly well rounded article addressing the problems colleges face in the future.
The enrollment drop won’t just last through 2029, it will last much longer as the pandemic caused a baby bust resulting in the lowest birth rate ever
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57003722
The article also didn’t address that the minority students who enter college in general tend to be less prepared for college material, require remedial classes and are more likely to drop out.
But other than that, it did outline that smaller colleges are facing serious headwinds, as are large colleges too