Amendment 1 is scheduled to be on the Nov. 8 ballot after a petition filed by parents and teachers from Chicago Public Schools to remove it from the ballot was blocked by a Sangamon County Judge last month.
Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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Fortunately, government employees are so pervasive throuhgout the state, everyone resident seems to know one, and is angry at their pension. This is going to go down in flames.
Gee, I wonder if CPS is a selling point on real estate listing.
Griffin’s absence leaves a huge gap in funding opposition to these ballot measures.
Wish Griffin would meddle from afar – we’re going to miss his standing up against this union tyranny.
Sick of the self-serving heat from public unions like the CPS. Your time is fading, even if it takes massive out migration to drive, eventually, some “reverse-heat”.