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.”
Lightfoot has screwed the city up so bad between crime and the CPS that no one else wants to run for mayor. Lopez has the energy and Vallas has the smarts and is apolitical. But the Dem Party can bury them. Otherwise, anyone with any sense doesn’t want the challenge (like Quigley). As for Pritzker, Bailey? Only downstate support. Irwin? Lot of contradictions in his past. And Pritzker will not hesitate to spend $$$$ whatever it takes. Fun to watch the voters screw it up as usual from the safe vantage point of our new prosperous state.
These 2 pandering frauds deserve each other — with any luck, the 2022 and 2023 elections will see their political exile.