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Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about how Illinois student outcomes are still below 2019 levels despite a $6 billion increase in spending, how many students are grade levels behind despite a vast majority of teachers being rated “excellent or proficient,” how college professors are struggling to teach recent graduates, and more.
Summary and audio linked here.
If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
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.
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Audio and summary
An idea: Don’t use high-paid teachers to supervise disruptive students or those with “problems at home” or for other reasons are unable or unwilling to learn. Hire a few single unemployed mothers and fathers to monitor a variety of detention rooms. *Disrupters and mal-adjusted bullies should be separated from others of course and there should be appropriate age parameters. *Meals should be limited to those who eat and drink without throwing food or stealing from others. *If things get bad enough, provide a separate building and transportation. *For the worst, the environment should not encourage them to remain separate but… Read more »
Yep, and expensive daycares at that!
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