Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
It seems like I spend $100 every time I leave my house, between filling my gas tank, grabbing lunch for my child and spouse, picking up a few groceries for the week, buying landscaping at Home Depot, every time I get in my car to go somewhere it costs me $100. So I just spend a lot of time drinking beer on my deck instead…
I’ll give you something to soothe your nerves on that topic, or at least it helps me with it. Just think of today’s $100 as buying the same amount of goods and services as $10 bought circa 1970-ish. So, essentially I do my best to thing of every bill I get as divided by 10 so I don’t get blood pressure problems thinking about it. If you could afford to pay $10 in 1970 without losing your cool you can likely afford to pay $100 today without having a heart attack over it either. Actually, I’m more likely to look… Read more »