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.”
Has the author of this article went outside and talked to a few people in Southern Illinois assorted former mining towns and discussed the issue with them?
Like the inane ‘tree’ article from the other day, I got 1/3rd of the way through this article, and stopped reading. And yet, I have no idea what is the author’s point. But I got bucketful of anti-racism and DIE. And there’s some science-fiction future vision for the area with electric cars and green energy or something. But I have no idea how these are related.
Why didn’t the state continue the FutureGen project? Have you ever calculated the amount of energy that would be required to replace gasoline? Short of putting nuclear reactors in every town AND electrifying all roads, it’s gonna be impossible to replace oil with green tech. It doesn’t take very long to figure out it’s about control. Imagine the cost of food next year at current inflated fertilizer and fuel. Between the inflation and the food and energy shortage, it’s gonna be epic folks.