Emma Tai, of United Working Families: "Lewis’s leadership and vision turned the Chicago Teachers Union into one of the nation’s most democratic and militant unions, remade the political fabric of our city and nation, and touched hundreds of thousands of lives in the process."
During Karen Lewis’ tenure as CTU president, Rahm closed 50 schools and student enrollment declined every year. We can celebrate the pageantry all you want, but at the end of the day, either the school district is healthier or it is not.
The True Believer
5 years ago
Karen Lewis was a back stabber. Her sickening lying game to support Chuy Garcia showed her hypocrisy. She only supported him because of his ethnic status thus playing the race card. She is not a saint but a hypocrite of the highest order that gave the sickening commie CTU the ability to extort Chicago taxpayers for years.
And now they worship her like a saint. Whats more disturbing are all the 20 somethings and millennials without children and no stake in the game idolizing her “movement” and hoping it goes national. Just read twitter, comments on articles or go to a coffee shop and listen. We have a new generation of socialists on our hands and frankly anyone with a brain should have seen it coming after 2008. Banksters and grifters all got bailed out and the kids got shafted with no jobs, massive college debts, housing foreclosure or high costs. Their generation was turned into debt… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
During Karen Lewis’ tenure as CTU president, Rahm closed 50 schools and student enrollment declined every year. We can celebrate the pageantry all you want, but at the end of the day, either the school district is healthier or it is not.
Karen Lewis was a back stabber. Her sickening lying game to support Chuy Garcia showed her hypocrisy. She only supported him because of his ethnic status thus playing the race card. She is not a saint but a hypocrite of the highest order that gave the sickening commie CTU the ability to extort Chicago taxpayers for years.
And now they worship her like a saint. Whats more disturbing are all the 20 somethings and millennials without children and no stake in the game idolizing her “movement” and hoping it goes national. Just read twitter, comments on articles or go to a coffee shop and listen. We have a new generation of socialists on our hands and frankly anyone with a brain should have seen it coming after 2008. Banksters and grifters all got bailed out and the kids got shafted with no jobs, massive college debts, housing foreclosure or high costs. Their generation was turned into debt… Read more »