Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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I’m not predisposed to believe that anything Illinois is a “leader” in is a good idea.
I’ll do Stanford et al the courtesy of agreeing with their noble goal.
Thing is, in Illinois, the “boots on the ground” who’ll actually control how all this “media literacy” is explained will be members of the woke-n-broke public employee teacher’s unions.
You know, the folks who can’t teach over 40% of K-12 kids to read, write and add at grade level, no matter how much money we give them or how low we set the standards.
I cannot wait to see the course materials on this. Readers, if your kids get any, please share.
I’m sure they’ll teach Washington Post, NYT = The Truth(tm)
But Fox News, Epoch Times, everything = Lies and disinformation, and our legislators need to pass laws to ban this Russian Disinformation.
“Most high schoolers failed to consider the funding of online sources in the 2019 Stanford survey: 96% did not think to question a website about climate change that had links to the fossil fuel industry.”
And 100% of democrats do not think to question information about climate change that comes from politicians.
Lord Jesus help these children and young adults. I hope there is a mass exodus out of these Indoctrination camps.
Under New Democrat Law, Illinois High School Students Will Be Force Fed Left Wing Media Lies