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.”
Beware of serving as a useful idiot to private-profit masters who want to take public/TIF/taxpayer money in order to eradicate all risk when developing private for-profit ventures. Amazon/landowners/local politicians often pull out hackneyed ad hominem tactics like accusing opposition of being ‘tree-huggers’ or ‘bee-lovers’ or ‘NIMBYs’. This is to divert attention from real problem: more Illinois public money is being diverted to private interests. Shame on WBEZ, who had the temerity to print in their very first line that “WBEZ brings you unbiased news and information.” then prints: “For a depressed region that was once a rust-belt poster child, the… Read more »