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.”
This is not surprising. IL is basically a third world country. We have a lot of wealthy people at the top, a hollowed out middle class, and at the bottom, we have millions of illegal immigrants and poorly educated natives competing for the scraps. So of course we’re going to have great disparities.
I saw a similar study last year that had Minnesota and Iowa as the worst states. This study has them still near the bottom. Interesting that many midwestern states are at the bottom
Despite Democrat Lip Service, Illinois Is Dead Last Among The States For The Racial Equality Of Its Economy