Ted joined Anthony Travis, the “Tax Doctor,” on Rufus Williams’ WVON program to discuss the reasons why CPS’ 5% property tax hike is so terrible. In short, because district spending continues to rise even as already-dismal student results fall further. Ted asks the important question: Where is the money going and why isn’t the district teaching Chicago’s kids?” CPS doesn’t deserve any more money until it is held accountable for its failures.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Wirepoints’ Report Cards expanded to cover all 600 Chicago public schools. The grades are dismal.
- Chicago Public Schools doesn’t deserve another penny (Part 2)
- Poor student achievement and near-zero accountability: An indictment of Illinois’ public education system – Wirepoints Special Report
- No, Mr. Martinez, your excuses for Chicago Public Schools’ failure to educate children don’t hold up
- Chicago Public Schools fails its Hispanic students: Only 17 of every 100 read at grade level. – Wirepoints Special Report
- DeSantis’ claims on Chicago kid shootings: hyperbole or fact?
A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Audio and summary
Outstanding work by Wirepoints on all of this CPS/property tax/poor results topic. If Wirepoints wasn’t focused on this, who would be? The Trib and SunTimes have left the battlefield and no one else is picking up the slack. More events like this in more communities might help get more parents focused on the disaster that is the Illinois public education racket.
Right on all points. This is why it will happen; government always does the worst possible thing to the taxpayers.
Although not a real big fan of Reagan, one quote of his still resonates “ The last thing people want to hear is “ I’m from the government and here to help.”