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The Illinois State Board of Education endorsed a budget request Wednesday that includes a $653 million increase in funding for PreK-12 public schools. It’s a request that lawmakers may find hard to accommodate in a year when the state faces a projected $891 million budget deficit.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
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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.
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
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Summary and audio linked here.
These two numbers are moving in the wrong direction. The return on investment in Illinois schools is abysmal. Large percentages of children can’t read or do math at grade level. Throwing millions more at incompetent teachers isn’t the answer.
This is what is going on in CA for illegals trying to get a job without an SS card and in school.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/undocumented-students-hunger-strike-across-130000655.html
More money for schools is always the only solution.