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"The movement for 'common good bargaining' in the educational context — other industries are increasingly making common good demands too — was born during the Chicago teacher strike of 2012 and has been gaining steam ever since."
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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School choice for all kids now.
Everyone has school choice. They just need to pay for it themselves instead of expecting taxpayer funds.
Taxpayer funds? Don’t you mean public (union) funds?
Don’t worry PPF. I’ll have my baggies of Gravy Train to hand out to you and your homeless gutter public union vermin once Chicago financially fails. You’ve got that going for you.
Let’s see if CTU strikes “for more than just pay raises” next round because I’d wager they’re going to hold back on many of the previous demands they made of Rahm and Lori and come up with some excuse like “we trust this mayor to act on housing/equity/etc separately so we’re not going to demand it in this contract.”
Test scores will go up when they go on strike. Most teachers could not pass the basic skills test. The CPS is the laughingstock of the country.
Is it any wonder that students are not learning anything? The primary purpose of education was not even mentioned. Are these people teachers or high priests of the new religion?