"The Blackest school district in the state, with the highest homeless student population, the highest bilingual population and the highest special needs population hasn’t just experienced disinvestment. Black and brown families in Chicago have been subsidizing the education of students outside city limits for as long as the system has been designed to deprive our own children of equal opportunity."
If CPS and CTU actually educated students, maybe students wouldn’t go elsewhere. Quit playing the race card.
Cass Andra
9 months ago
Open the schools when the district can meet payroll. Would that violate labor law or The Contract? Perhaps caring teachers would donate their time to assure that precious minds are nurtured.
mqyl
9 months ago
The Great Disconnect: CPS spends over $30K per student and isn’t fully funded.
Old Joe
9 months ago
Stacy should be a writer for the Jacobin and certainly not be allowed near a school.
daskoterzar
9 months ago
Davis Quote – “Black and brown families in Chicago have been subsidizing the education of students outside city limits for as long as the system has been designed to deprive our own children of equal opportunity.” What in the hell is she smokin? This is pure BS, made up by a grifter intending to create division and play the race card – every, single, time. The failure of inner city schools couldn’t possibly be the fault of the people living in the district and the things they teach their kids. Nah, gotta be those folks outside the City limits that… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
If CPS and CTU actually educated students, maybe students wouldn’t go elsewhere. Quit playing the race card.
Open the schools when the district can meet payroll. Would that violate labor law or The Contract? Perhaps caring teachers would donate their time to assure that precious minds are nurtured.
The Great Disconnect: CPS spends over $30K per student and isn’t fully funded.
Stacy should be a writer for the Jacobin and certainly not be allowed near a school.
Davis Quote – “Black and brown families in Chicago have been subsidizing the education of students outside city limits for as long as the system has been designed to deprive our own children of equal opportunity.” What in the hell is she smokin? This is pure BS, made up by a grifter intending to create division and play the race card – every, single, time. The failure of inner city schools couldn’t possibly be the fault of the people living in the district and the things they teach their kids. Nah, gotta be those folks outside the City limits that… Read more »