The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago Public Schools’ dismal outcomes for black students as part of their piece criticizing Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis-Gates and her rhetoric embracing the bigotry of low expectations. The reality is Illinois and Chicago kids can’t read…and the union bears much of the blame for that.
Read the WSJ editorial: Systemic Test Racism in Chicago
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Wirepoints education page: Kids Can’t Read
- Somebody forgot to tell Mayor Johnson that Chicago Public Schools is junk rated
- Here’s what Chicago voters will need now: School report cards by district
- Up to $410 million extra being spent on children of illegal immigrants at Chicago Public Schools
- Chicago mayor wants $1 billion more for schools even though 43% of CPS teachers are chronically absent
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.
The biggest part of this story is zero coverage in Chicago press. A complete black out by the equity obsessed left media. Keeping low income Black folks in the dark while putting KH & CTU/Brandon up on the national stage……astounding hypocrisy!!
Bless her heart – This woman is awful. The kids, effective learning environment and results, do not mean anything to Davis Gates. She is focused on money for herself and union members. The sooner everybody recognizes that the better and apply that understanding to every word that comes out of her miserable mouth. She couldn’t care less about results or test scores…doesn’t matter, what matters is more money available for the union. Period.
Davis-Gates is simply too dumb to know that 9% reading proficiency and 4% math proficiency are BAD numbers.
CPS isn’t salvageable. Move on. Seriously.
Well the three leaf clover which is the media, democrat, union trifecta must have reached the point where none of their arguments any longer made sense even to the brain dead otherwise known as Chicagoans. What to do? Claim racism. It’s always the last resort when your other excuses for failure no longer work. The claim of racism in and of itself always works for the ritually stupid.
School vouchers for all would give parents options and likely end enrollment in any schools associated with CPS. That would eliminate this evil vile pestilence on Chicago. Good riddance to these parasitic scum.
BANKRUPTCY FOR CPS JUST START ALL OVER END UNION RULE
Bingo, the ONLY way to go.
Chicago needs to also do this IMMEDIATELY.
Nice reporting Wirepoints