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.”
Here’s something that no one has brought up before since the fuel prices went ballistic. Not on a local level or state level. Time the stinking lights. Time the lights to the speed limits. On bypass 20 around Rockford the speed was lowered but the lights stayed the same so it’s nearly impossible to get two green lights in a row. At the previous 65 (now 55) you could get 3 or four lights from Belvidere to Rockford unless there are two Clara Peller’s (where’s the beef) in both lanes doing 30 in a 55 zone. Have you tried to… Read more »
Where is all this extra money going? What about all the money that was promised from the pot sales? Someone is getting rich, and the citizens of Illinois are paying the price.