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.”
It is all BS, talk is cheap. Actions speak louder than words.
Dear Mr. Tech Entrepreneur and former fellow at World Business Chicago: To the Marxist ruling class in Chicago, economic growth is NOT the single most important job of running the city. I may not have as many titles or degrees as you, but I’m aware of world history since the Russian Revolution. It appears that you are not. I would read up on Marx and Lenin if I were you. I would also read the history of Detroit and go there on a fact finding mission to see Chicago’s future. Detroit in 1950 was the 5th largest city in the… Read more »
Brandon’s crew believes the single most important thing when running the city is to identify the stuff to loot before the Feds bring charges.
About 20 years too late, I’d say, for this kind of bland op-ed.