The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ Report Card data in their latest piece condemning Illinois lawmakers for killing the Invest in Kids Act at the behest of the state’s teachers unions.
Read the WSJ editorial: The Illinois Scholarship Scandal
Nowhere is this more pronounced than in districts with low-income families. Black and Hispanic families support the scholarship program in large numbers because they often have children assigned to Illinois schools where less than a third of students are proficient at reading or math, according to data from Wirepoints and the Illinois State Board of Education.
Read more from Wirepoints:
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 Illinois voter gets exactly what they voted for and deserve. This should not be a surprise to anyone.
It would be mush appreciated if Wirepoints would gather the scores for the schools that were recipients of the scholarship money for comparison. I determined there are two schools in my area that were recognized for those scholarships, but I have been unable to find scores to compare to the public schools. I’m sure the Wirepoints staff is busy, but that would be great data to have!
Agreed. Need to know if they are getting better results out of the scholarships or not. Saw video of the protests on immigrants, and black woman said her community needs jobs. You can be sure potential employers know graduates can’t read or do math. Good luck getting high tech jobs.
And the Archbishop of Chicago and his fellow prelates were?
Still bending the knee to the authoritarians, just as they did during the lockdowns. Proving again that they are spineless worms.
For some reason they don’t yet understand that progressives hate them. They think progressives will be their partners in good works.
Looking for children to befriend.
The CTU is the enemy of the people and the children. Only out for money, money and more money.
this is CTU’s (who got 100% of everything they where asking for) comment on killing scholarship program:
“Moreover, the budget does not extend the scheduled sunset for Illinois’ school voucher program (the deviously named “Invest in Kids” scholarship). We will need members to continue to speak with your state senators and state representatives about the need to end that scam when it is scheduled to end.”
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/charter-neutrality-psrp-pension-parity-top-legislative-wins-in-springfield/
It’s becoming harder to see this as just politics, and not to think of the union, and teachers who support it, as narcissistic scum.
It’s called marxism.
Absolutely disgraceful. Of all the underhanded, devious and self serving policies Illinois Democrats have put in place that truly hurt people, this is the worst. Hurt the young. Hurt the students. Destroy great learning opportunities for thousands of young people. Just beyond disgusting.
When has the CTU looked at kids and their families as no more than their main bargaining chip? These people aren’t just rotten, but evil.