Chicago Public Schools is failing its students in almost every way. What can be done to save the educational futures of Chicago’s children? Join Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski as he participates in an education roundtable discussion hosted by Seeking Educational Excellence (SEE).
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/14/2024.
If you’re frustrated with Illinois’ educational results, you may want to follow the money from teachers unions. In the last four years alone, Illinois lawmakers and political candidates have taken nearly $30 million in contributions from teachers unions and their national affiliates.
Lawmakers conveniently ignore the full impact of inflation when it comes to ordinary Illinoisans. Take the personal exemption on the state income tax. For tax year 2023, the exemption will not rise with inflation as it should under current law. And that means a higher tax bill for everyone.
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski testified on April 10, 2024 to members of the House Revenue and Finance Committee at the invitation of Rep. Joe Sosnowski. Ted told lawmakers that the state’s property tax burden has become dire for countless Illinoisans.
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When I observe the way these teachers act I am not certain I would want them teaching my children. However one thing I have learned by watching them is now I understand the dismal academic results of the Chicago District students.
Why would we expect anything more?
There’s a reason the only student population growing in CPS is illegal immigrants and even that doesn’t stem the losses from every other demographic. Everyone else is leaving.
The teachers think they are fighting against social injustice, like in the movie “Fistful of Dynamite” (1971). In that movie James Coburn is a terrorist who is getting tired of blowing up buildings and Rod Steiger is a poor man who joins the social justice movement after his family is killed. The opening scene where Rod is picked up by a luxury stagecoach shows the gap between the rich and the poor. I guess that CTU thinks they are fighting social injustice but the biggest burden on poor people is the state’s $250 billion unfunded pension liability as well as… Read more »