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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DEI and a new Fine Arts Center? What jobs will these initiatives prepare students for? Will they be able to eat, much less pay back with student loans now necessary to pay for the inflated tuition and fees to attend this institution?
It’s time these businesses (that’s what universities ultimately are) experience a correction. No student loan forgiveness UNLESS all future student loan will be administered solely by the issuing school and funded directly by their endowment and make these loans dischargeable in bankruptcy.
The Great Unversity Reset
We can only hope – but don’t bet on it.
ISU is CPS in a dirty mirror. It’s perfect.
So if a student identifies as a turtle, will they build him an aquatic center so he feels welcome?
Worse yet-What if the student identifies as a politician? Does he-she-they-them-centaur- or IT get an account in the Cayman Islands upon graduation?
Hmm, does inclusion mean I could be included on receiving some of this newfound money?
Instead of focusing on D.I.E. virtue signaling and nonsense, how about you lower tuition and improve educational outcomes?
In your efforts to be accommodating to all, you waste valuable resources and shortchange students and turn off taxpayers.
BTW: in case you’ve forgotten, taxpayer contributions support your institution and fund your salary, President Terri Goss Kinzy – and most aren’t buying into your woke agenda.
If ISU wants to be accommodating they should stop hiring highly paid DEI employees and keep tuition affordable