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.”
Once again folks, don’t anybody confuse a Democratic Party kickback scheme with education.
CTU is only concerned with money and power — education isn’t even an afterthought
Education starts in the home.
And then the public school system destroys it.
Warning. Different now: -quality of life/safety way down -virtual work is viable -no/little progress, or even discussion by politicians, of key items of interest to many Will’s article is on point–and he even skipped a few big items: highest outbound refugees; Boeing; Citadel; worst bond rating (along with NJ) in the country; #1-3 in political corruption (yet AG does nothing); #1-3 highest overall tax burden in the country; no little impetus to make public sector more efficient (ie billions fraud IDES); IL budget dropped about 24 hours before legislature vote-every year; ruthless gerrymandering (promotes maga–See Washington Post article of Friday… Read more »
Love George Will, my Champaign homie.
Best line in his opinion piece;
…. buffeted by progressive policies implemented by politicians who are the CTU’s poodles.
The greatest cancer in Chicago is the Chicago Teachers Union. Bust this union and fire all of these incompetent vermin.
All this failure is so easily camouflaged as ‘success’ in Illinois.
That must be true – people keep voting for it.
I hope that starts to change soon….
The CPS did not teach a generation of students anything. The CTU protect the teachers for their failure to do their job. Now the public will pay for years to come as they only have skills that are criminal.