Number of half-empty Chicago public schools doubles, yet lawmakers want to extend school closing moratorium – Wirepoints
April 19, 2024
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A set of state lawmakers want to extend CPS’ current school closing moratorium to February 1, 2027 – the same year CPS is set to transition to a fully-elected school board. That means schools like Manley High School, with capacity for more than 1,000 students but enrollment of just 78, can’t be closed for anther three years. The school spends $45,000 per student, but just 2.4% of students read at grade level.
Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
What does Kruse know? He isn’t Black. He probably never lived in an integrated or Black community. ??
Usually, such workshops would be taught by any of these: sociologists, historians, criminologists and social workers.
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The workshops are mainly taught by specialists, it’s an entire industry.
Thank you, Mike. ?
Then its propaganda. I will not send my children to U of Illinois.
Yet another enlightening session developed by our learned, highly compensated state funded educators working a blistering 2 or 3 days a week. Schmucks.
“The workshop will center on Layla Saad’s book, Me and White Supremacy and will include personal reflective journaling, shared critical dialogue in large and small groups, and planning for committed action.” Here is more information on “Me and White Supremacy” by Layla Saad. This from her website: “Me and White Supremacy: A 28-Day Challenge to Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor leads readers through a journey of understanding their white privilege and participation in white supremacy, so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on black, indigenous and people of color, and in turn, help… Read more »
So where does UIUC Assistant Professor Adam John Krause believe the white workshop participants gained the “knowledge” about the “existence” of “white supremacy” and “white privilege?”
Is this “knowledge” found in the public high school curriculum?
Does the the Illinois State Board of Education (SBE) or the US Department of Education have standards or guidelines about educating students about “white supremacy” and “white privilege?”
Or is his workshop just one of countless justifications to attain such a goal?
The curriculum vitae (cv) for Adam John Krause is nowhere to be found. It seems to have been deleted from this website. http://illinois.academia.edu/AdamKruse/CurriculumVitae So where is the “proof” of the “white supremacy” and “white privilege” that Assistant Professor John Krause in a UIUC School of Music “White Supremacy and Music” workshop claims is present by stating the following: “This is not a platform for debating the existence of white privilege or white supremacy. It is assumed that participants already acknowledge these concepts, though they will be reviewed and defined in accessible terms.” Where is this “white supremacy” and “white privilege?”… Read more »
Are Krause and Kruse the same person? ⊙.☉
LOL. Kruse is White! What does he know about being Black? He never lived in East Saint Louis. Enemem and Justin Bieber have more street cred. ??
Usually, such workshops are conducted by sociologists, criminal justice profs, historians and social workers, not music teachers. ?
“This workshop is about white supremacy: Students who do not identify as white and do not hold white privilege are welcomed to observe and participate, but should understand that the readings, journal prompts, and discussions are designed for individuals who hold white privilege.” Per the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC) workshop titled, “White Supremacy and Music” held on Tuesday’s 7PM – 9PM from June 30, 2020 to July 28, 2020. The Workshop is facilitated by Adam Kruse, Assistant Professor of Music Education in the School of Music, which is in the College of Fine and Applied Arts. https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/527259.html https://music.illinois.edu/people… Read more »
The Director of the University of Illinois School of Music is Dr. Jeffrey Sposato. The following is the “Statement on Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion” posted on the School of Music’s website. “The University of Illinois School of Music regards diversity, equity, and access as core values integral to guiding our progress toward excellence. We embrace a broad and comprehensive concept of diversity that serves as a springboard toward mutual understanding. We appreciate diversity as a strength and intentionally cultivate an inclusive climate in our daily endeavors as faculty, staff, and students. We are committed to respecting differences; ACCEPTING MULTIPLE… Read more »
The College Fix wrote about the workshops in a June 20, 2020 article titled “U. Illinois music workshops to focus on Black Lives Matter, white supremacy.”
http://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-music-workshops-to-focus-on-black-lives-matter-white-supremacy
University of Illinois Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts. Newsletter Announcing two workshops for School of Music students for this summer First Workshop: Black Lives Matter and Music. Second Workshop: White Supremacy and Music. The description of the first and the second workshop can be found at the URL at the end of this comment. The following is a description of the second workshop, which is the subject of the blog post. White Supremacy and Music. Tuesdays, June 30 to July 28, 2020. 7:00pm-9:00pm. Adam Kruse, facilitator. Description: This online workshop will explore the ways that white supremacy manifests… Read more »
Am I missing where the music fits in here?
Does this mean no more Frank Sinatra?
we can stop sending alumni donations of course, but how do we find a way to defund public education on a state and federal level.
Is “Intro to White Supremacy” a prerequisite?
No such class…
It’s just “presumed”…
A non person of color should attend & identify as an oppressed person…
Sure sounds like oppression of white people to me…
If you have not left illinois yet,YOU are paying for all this.The taxes I would have payed for,but I left the burning dumpster fire that il is.I have used that for the fun things in life,not paying for stupid things like fat boys pay check.Or the communist schools in il. It is great living in a state where you pay no state income tax.The money now goes for RV parks and gas to see the country.