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Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Huh, and I thought teaching students to read, write, and perform math at grade level is crucial to the success of students.
This is a letter I sent to the Tribune yesterday regarding this article: I don’t think the author of this article actually means what she is saying. (Improving teacher diversity is crucial to the success of all students, March 7) On face value, she is saying that students need teachers of many different ethnicities to truly prosper. But what I think she really means is that Blacks do better with Black teachers and Hispanic students do better with Hispanic teachers. But then anybody who is not Black in a classroom with a Black teacher is at a disadvantage. The only real… Read more »
My black AP has openly said that when I retire they are going to replace me (blonde/blue-eyed) with a teacher who “looks more like them” (my students). Never mind that I speak (and teach in) Spanish, or that some of my newcomers from south of the border look just like me. I asked her why we didn’t replace all of our black and brown teachers with white teachers back in the 90s when our school was 90% Polish immigrants? She didn’t answer, and she didn’t have to. It’s the same reason the city, CPS, and CTU haven’t given 1/10 of… Read more »
Thank you for your service as a teacher.
This identity and racial mindset has become a religion. Districts with large minority populations would love more minority teachers, but families are not stressing education across the board, but especially in “disadvantaged” populations. There are some callous, uncaring teachers but that is a distinct minority. We practically beg the students to follow along, try, and let us help them, and they often laugh at us, and the “family” at home either ignores the student blames us, or is in denial. Mark, I blame the men. They impregnate multiple females and leave and let the government and the streets raise the… Read more »
This is entirely about hatred of those with more than them. The commies who took over Russia hated the wealthy and prosperous and land owning Kulaks, so they punished and replaced them. Which is no different than today, except they’re adding a layer of ‘race’ over the class – they hate rich white people. But the white part is really just a byproduct of the wealth. If we had an uber-class of Brahmin ruling over us, they would find a way to hate the Indian too. That’s why they want to replace you, and they are.
I know people like to root for the home team but quite honestly Illinois is not one of the best places to raise children in my estimation and its getting worse. Now one may get a different viewpoint from an illegal immigrant family living on assorted welfare programs that Representative Hernandez may favor, but those of us that have to pay the taxes for our existing poor school results have a much different opinion.
Yep, because that’s the biggest problem with education and school districts in Illinois…what a moron.
Yes, a diversity of OPINION in subject areas and not a Lockstep WOKE Marxist view of rthe world.