Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Just close the schools and have the students go elsewhere.
Hmm, that’s not as outlandish as one may think, because: 1) many credits are readily transferable, and 2) college isn’t like public grammar, middle school, or high school, where, in the case of the latter, you’re tied into staying in the school district where you reside.
All three schools are in a struggle for students. I note that with respect to Governors State, a small school of 1800 students with scant infrastructure, there was mention of one advisor to every 500 students. What surprised me was not that the union was complaining about the lack of advisors, but rather that the school has a 53 percent drop-out rate after the first year and that Niche states a 24% graduation rate (it must refer to a four year time span as the six year grad rate appears considerably higher). The school has an ACT range of 17-21… Read more »
Unions are the cancer that is is slowly killing Illinois