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Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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I believe we may have inadvertently stumbled upon a GENUINE problem with licensing.
If a candidate can’t pass a reading competency test, they should NOT be licensed. Period.
Stupid chickens.
I believe they meant competency in the methods used to teach reading. I don’t think it refers to the teacher’s personal reading competency.
But still, if the test shows someone not competent to teach, why should that person be given a license? Then what’s the point of a license?
EXACTLY! What’s the point of licensing if not to assure competency?
Oh, I got it, REVENUE.