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Only 19% of students eligible for the first wave of in-person learning returned to classrooms when Chicago Public Schools reopened this month for the first time during the pandemic, according to new data released by the district, falling well short of city officials’
The worrying attendance data comes as CPS tries to forge ahead with a school reopening plan that faces heavy opposition from the Chicago Teachers Union, which this weekend could announce its intentions to disobey orders for 10,000 more teachers and staff to return to in-person work next week.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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I will bet that those that stay home learn one hell of a lot more than any kids that attend those propaganda centers…
This is why the city of Chicago is wasting away!
Remember, there are a plethora of neighborhood groups that get a nice chunk of funding from CTU. Wouldn’t be surprised if these groups weren’t putting pressure on individual parents to keep their kids at home to strengthen CTU’s bargaining position.
So very few children returned to the schools after so many parents didn’t indicate they wanted to continue with e-learning. How convoluted can this soap opera get? Stay tuned we might get a work stoppage by people who right to not return to work is being denied them.