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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Just wish the legislature wasn’t so afraid of their shadow and would stop this nonsense once and for all!
The legislature? Illinois still has a legislature?
I’m actually a little concerned the legislature would pass mandates – indoor mandates, outdoor mandates, mask inside your own home mandates. The legislature if full of crazy ideologues who care nothing for science.
Then let them go on record for who they are and what they stand for. We can then see if the public stands for them.
Scary thought.