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.”
What will gas prices climb to when a hurricane forms in the Gulf? Season starts in 2 days.
Gas is $5.50 a gallon by me in the suburbs.
Thankfully Wisconsin is just about a 10 mile round trip for us. Rarely buy fuel in Illinois and gas in Wisconsin is consistently $0.30 a gallon cheaper the difference has been as high as $0.90 cents a gallon cheaper. Large purchases from there as well with a straight 5.5% sales tax. Automobiles bought there as well and only pay the 6.5% state (illinois) and none of the local county taxes which could run the taxes up to 9%. Just the other day the gas station I visit was jammed, 8 pumps full and about 10 vehicles waiting to gas up,… Read more »