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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These are depressing statistics. But on the bright side, there are lots of abortion clinics and cannabis dispensaries!
The Peoria Journal Star and every local Central Illinois TV station splashed the “everyone’s a racist-n-61605 is the worst zip code in the country” 24/7 Wall St report all over the news for weeks. Intended, of course, to persuade one and all that we’re really institutional racists, we just didn’t know it. Of course, those of us familiar with the history of Peoria’s south-side have within their family’s memories a time when that area was full of working families, small shops-n-groceries-taverns serving all of the folks walking their lunch pails to union jobs at businesses that lined the downtown streets.… Read more »