Given where Chicago is right now this new stadium proposal is a bad idea and a bad deal – Wirepoints on The Chicago Way with John Kass
April 26, 2024
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Ted was on The Chicago Way with John Kass and Jeff Carlin to discuss the proposed $5 billion lakefront stadium project proposed by the Chicago Bears & Mayor Brandon Johnson, why Chicago is struggling compared to other metro areas across the country, why the city might or might not go the way of Detroit, and more.
Some Illinois lawmakers continue to deny that covid aid and other federal stimulus bailed the state out of its fiscal mess. But a look at past and projected revenues from COGFA shows just how much the bailouts blew out the state’s revenues. And now that they’re over, how much harder it will be for Illinois revenues to grow.
Election integrity – both real and perceived – is essential to government’s legitimacy and stability. Illinois, like the rest of the nation, better fix its problems now.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about Chicago’s latest bond offering, why Chicago’s dismal home value growth is due to poor policies, the next $70 million to be spent on migrants, the 9% salary hikes demanded by the CTU, and why Illinois lawmakers voting to stop Chicago’s selective enrollment schools from being closed is hypocritical.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/21/2024.
New Illinois state motto; “Stay and Pay, Leave and Save”.
Vallas’ author’s a very illustrative picture of Illinois’ problems but the one that most plainly strikes at me is regarding Illinois’ student rankings at “34.6% in reading and 26.9% in math.” This seems in contrast with the “what about the children” chants we used to hear so often at times? Can we now assume that Illinois’ voters are apathetic about their children’s education too? Maybe the voters are not apathetic and are merely products of the Illinois school systems and taught that this is normal. Either way it is a disaster for the State, parents and most of all, the children.
It’s a disaster for the country, too. These kids will become adults in the U.S. working world. Japan’s, China’s, South Korea’s, and some other countries’ kids are kicking our kids’ butts in STEM proficiency. That means these other countries will have the inventors and other noteworthy achievers, and we’ll have the workers struggling to figure out how much change you should get for your purchase at the store.
Yes, and no. The PISA test is given every three years to 15 year olds in dozens of countries worldwide. They test language and math skills. The US does above average overall, but falls below many other asian and western european countries. However, the devil is in the details and the details are actually good for the US. The US breaks down PISA scores by race of the test taker. US White and Asian students in the US have some of the highest test scores in the world. Yes, in the world. Only China and Singapore score higher. The China… Read more »
I know that this is just reading proficiency, but here is a mean of the 2022 reading, math and science
https://twitter.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1732087511327908128
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“With the latest PISA results, America has proven once again that it has one of the smartest populations and, perhaps, the best education systems. American Asians and Whites topped the charts; American Hispanics beat all other Hispanics; American Blacks did well. “
Thanks for both of your posts. The PISA 2022 Worldwide Ranking shows the U.S. with a disappointing rank of 18th in the world for an average score of math, science, and reading. I was commenting on the U.S. as a whole, not segregated by ethnicities, which is consistent with the approach used in most sites that posted the results.