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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Remember when it was “comply and the curve will flatten in two weeks and things will be back to normal?’ LOL the king has tasted power over each and every one of the State’s citizenry and he can’t let go.
Should someone say proof well it’s proof enough his family left the State to go to another State to escape his mandates.
Someone call Soros, the machine needs more grease.
I have no idea if this affects my school district or not because they aren’t named.
I believe this applies to all schools in IL and that this is correct, from the Tribune: Judge Grischow pointed out in a footnote to the decision that she had declared the emergency rules at issue from the Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois State Board of Education void. “Thus, non-named Plaintiffs and School Districts throughout this State may govern themselves accordingly,” she wrote.
I hope you are right Mark. How likely do you think this will hold up on appeal?
4th Circuit Appellate Court has Republican Judges and non-partisan Republican Judges. It’s 5:30 on Saturday and not a peep from anyone about this emergency appeal. IIRC the legislature just redrew the 4th circuit to make it totally Democrat and created subcircuits in Sangamon County to make it totally Democrat too. These Republican judges may never be re-elected again. Their last act of defiance against the Governor would be to do nothing all. I’m actually kind of Surprised the Supreme Court hasn’t stepped in on this yet. But the Supreme Court actually assigned all of these consolidated cases to Judge Grischow… Read more »
The high school basketball players were still wearing their masks today. Around their chin of course.
Around the chin is where they belong – that or in their pockets or the trash heap,
Joliet Diocese cancelled all sports this weekend because of this ruling. The kids are the ones paying the price.
Fear is a sin.
There’s a mandate? My wife and I stopped wearing masks last April!
This about schools.
Ya know what stop the crap already it’s about the unions that’s all play along with Pritzker
Just in time for mid-terms – however, JB must not have gotten the memo. Guy is a total clown and apparently everyone but he, himself, knows it.
Very surprised an IL judge had the wherewithal to make this ruling…
My hope is that this is the beginning of the end…
European countries ditching their covid mitigations, closer to home Iowa doing the same…
Since it’s all about appearances with the (D)’s, JBP can absolve himself of any responsibility by blaming the *courts* for making him follow the law…
I won’t hold my breath tho…
What this doesn’t do is take away the CHOICE for those who want to continue to wear masks. If you CHOOSE, you can wear one mask, two or more, whatever amount you wish to make yourself feel safe. Before you do though, do some research into the real science, and don’t follow who the media and politicians put forward as science. Start with Johns Hopkins, who has been on the front lines of this pandemic.
School districts will still demand that staff continue to wear masks, because, you know, they work. (Insert eye roll)
Why are we waiting for the supreme power JB to tell us what we already know? This is no longer an emergency. He will hold on to the power until we pry it from him. STOP WEARING MASKS! I love it when I go into a store, not wearing a mask, others see me and take theirs off! No one ever confronts me, but if they did, I’d just shake my head and walk away. Don’t argue with stupid.
That’s what it is going to take Traice, people declaring “ENOUGH” and stop complying. Maybe the sheep will follow the “brazenness”
That’s fine for yourself but your idea of “just not complying” won’t work for these kids in schools. If the kids “don’t comply” then they aren’t allowed to go to school. They aren’t allowed to play sports or other extra curricular activities.
Even if this ruling sticks some schools may decide to go remote only. Do you really believe CTU won’t demand remote learning if they can’t mandate masks? They are militant about them.
PFF is pure cockhold.
Because I told you the reality of the situation? Rather than name call why don’t you point out where my point is wrong. I don’t believe the masks work at all but I know what has happened since this ruling. The people in charge of the schools (private mind you) have cancelled sports for this weekend. Some schools talking about going remote because of this.
Grow up and make a point.
The point is that the parents need to reassert that THEY are in control. Very loudly. My own district was one of the first to reopen in the Chicago area in 2020 because parents were screaming loudly at meetings to do so. Other parents around the country have also put themselves in control of school boards and quite successfully too. And those boards and schools that have been defiant have been on the receiving end of public shame, surety bond lawsuits, and abrupt policy reversals. Your suggestion to meekly bow to the teachers unions and go ‘oh well’ is not… Read more »
Where did I suggest to “meekly bow”? My point was that simply “not complying” won’t change the rules. I agree that parents should speak up. Where did I say they shouldn’t? You seem to be taking out your frustration out on me for things I never said. I responded to another commenter that the strategy of just “STOP WEARING MASKS” or “stop complying” will not help these kids change the outcome. As usual, you then inserted yourself and tried to change the discussion to something I never said. My point was very simple. A child not wearing a mask will… Read more »
No, if half a school stopped wearing masks, with full parental support, and parents screaming at administrators, and lawsuit, and fighting back, as we’ve done in other states to get our rights back. We Will Not Comply is a great slogan. And if they kids can’t play sports, that’s a small price to pay until the district complies.
I didn’t say anything against it as a slogan. Why are you trying to argue about something I didn’t say. Stop trying to change what I was discussing with someone else. You are a child that can’t have an honest discussion. Yes, speaking up and lawsuits will help. If half the kids didn’t wear masks they just wouldn’t let those kids in the building. That’s not a “small price” for most parents and students. I also don’t think “screaming” at administrators will help. It just makes you seem unhinged and most likely discounts what could be a valid argument. But… Read more »
Consider the horrible lessons kids are learning from all of this.
And how their educations are being compromised.
How sad that children would be targeted by this administration and the unions. SHAME!
PPF, you’re misinformed. All of these tactics do work and have been working. Screaming at administrators and board members have made more than a few retire or not seek re-election because they don’t like the vitriol. They assumed they could groom and mask your children without any pushback from the community, but that’s no longer the case. The point is to make their jobs so miserable they quit or capitulate. And if half the kids showed up without masks, there would a stand off, outcry from parents and the community, and they’d eventually let the kids in school. And if… Read more »
CTU is going to demand no matter what so they can sit on the beach and do their thing unless you bring up “it’s about the children” stuffola to hide the reality of the CTU want’s as much pay as possible for as little work as possible.
I haven’t heard the old ‘it’s for the children’ line in awhile. Guess they decided they have enough power without that particular tagline.
PPF – some good points. This ruling gives the students who don’t want to wear masks the freedom to choose not to do so, without fear of punishment. If you closely monitor high school sports (which I do), the players aren’t wearing masks, at least properly, anyway. Most are worn at chin level. It’s up to the official to enforce, and most – thankfully- do not. I agree with your statement that some schools will go remote, but then isn’t that the teachers unions controlling/threatening the district? Sounds to me like the is the ideal time to implement school choice.
“I can only hope this might be the time for the Governor to lift what the Court has found to be illegal mandates and let the good people of this state get back to their lives,” DeVore told The Center Square after the ruling. Fat chance at that. It’s not that “JB” doesn’t want to, it’s that he needs someone on the “approved list” to let him do it. That list only includes Democrats in the Federal government and the teacher’s unions. The national government Democrats are tip toeing away from this as if they never were really that in… Read more »
He’s also lauding the state’s improved COVID statistics as a result of his freaking mitigations and vaxxing. Ignore the natural evolution of this pandemic and pat yourself on the back, Guv!
The man is beyond shameless.
Vote the bum out!
Kwame’s a bad lawyer, go figure!
Thank goodness for this. Sick kids had to quarantine but healthy children with ‘contact’ with the sick kid (no way to fight this finding) had to quarantine for 10 DAYS. Perfectly healthy children quarantine for 10 days. Stupidly insane.
CPS’s current policies …. If a child tests positive, he/she must quarantine for (now) 5 days, along with ONLY the unvaccinated children. Vaxxed kids can continue in-person, so teacher’s instruction is now hybrid. Never mind that more than half the positive cases have been in vaxxed kids. Also, unvaxxed teachers have to quarantine and teach remotely, to some or all of the students. Which means the principal has to pull staff from other areas to monitor that class, while the teacher is at home. It’s a sh**show. This one is my favorite…. If a kid is home due to Covid… Read more »
Kudos to you! Too bad your pragmatism hasn’t spread to a lot more teachers.
The absurdity of IL education continues to boggle my mind.
Waggs, you nailed it; the inconsistency, hypocrisy, and stupidity. I knew there were teachers like you out there and I wish more teachers were like you and used common sense and maybe a little backbone. I teach at a community college and the school’s best days are behind it due to lack of leadership in the Covid pandemic (they put the union in charge).