Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
The source report appears to be here. “Funding for the 2023 CPOST/NORC surveys and analysis was provided by the University of Chicago, the Pritzker Military Foundation on behalf of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, William Obenshain, Fouad ElNaggar, the Hopewell Fund, the Anti-Defamation League, and contributions from the CPOST board of advisors and other individuals.”
Why are these people so hateful towards Trump? The cost of living was certainly much better when Trump was in, we were not involved in this expensive inflationary spending foreign war, the economy was great sans the pandemic silliness so why do they hate him?
The latest inflation report figure released just last week showed a ttm CPI of 2.1% for the Chicago metropolitan area. Now, what does that do to your argument? It destroys it!
LOL, first of all, that’s 2.1% YOY, so the previous inflation in the past two years is baked into the cake; and second, do you really believe that inflation is 2.1%? Most economists don’t seem to believe that. If you read between the lines, even the Fed doesn’t believe Biden’s CPI, which is why they keep raising rates despite the supposedly falling rate. And just anecdotally, every six months or so I buy a large container of imported olive oil. It used to be $34. Yesterday I went to buy one and it was $50! I know that’s just food… Read more »
There are different ways inflation is measured, some short term and some longer term. This one at least covered the most recent 12-month period. The fed does look at other measures as well the reported CPI. Your mention as to one item having a ridiculous price rise is taken in good faith, but all commodities are subject to market forces as well as supply and demand issues. So, the item you mentioned is an outlier when compared to overall price changes over the last year. Beyond that almost ever person you encounter weighs forth on the inflationary rate despite governmental… Read more »
Apparently your most important point about the full effect of 2 years of inflation was too hard to grasp. We have, however, been fully informed about the Dunning-Krueger effect.
This is what you get after Democrats have made once respected news outlets into partisan and hateful fake news fraud sewers