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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School districts are the worst offenders of no oversite spending ever. No matter how much money they are given from the tax payers, it is NEVER enough. We could give them ALL the money and it wouldnt be enough. There is more waste in the public school and state universities than anywhere.
Seems perfectly sustainable.
In Belvidere they have been replacing parking lots and curbs in many of the schools thruout the summer and considering many of these schools are newer they did not look like they needed to be replaced.
A school district with money is a little like the mule with the spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it and danged if he knows how to use it.
Freddy, Your right you have to continue to make North the Oasis in the corn field.
The funny part is schools finally received the giant influx of federal money they’ve been craving for decades, only for it to be temporary, inflationary, and subject to a tight labor market. So they can’t find anyone to fill new roles or laborers for infrastructure improvements, and if they do, they’re spending more for less.
This is all they have ever done. Spending money like crazy in our schools has been going on for decades. The money has been used to enrich themselves. It has not gone to educating our children.
Once again folks, Don’t anybody confuse a government jobs program with education.
Math is racist?
Unless public education gets its proverbial head out of its proverbial backside, we could lose a whole generation of kids. What a disservice to the children.
Bah!