There are 1,650 private schools and over 200 charter and magnet schools in Illinois. Illinois also offers “open enrollment,” which allows parents to send their children to any public school, including charter schools, regardless of where it is located and what neighborhood they live in.
“Free Choice” does not include Catholic or other religious schools because that would impact CTU pensions when they lose students. Free should mean free. (Just like issues in the rest of America.) The CTU and IL legislature need to step away and let schools compete to be the best. What a concept!
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
“Free Choice” does not include Catholic or other religious schools because that would impact CTU pensions when they lose students. Free should mean free. (Just like issues in the rest of America.) The CTU and IL legislature need to step away and let schools compete to be the best. What a concept!