Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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These are the same nut jobs that probably support Satan clubs in elementary school. I want my tax money back – I didn’t agree to pay for this crap.
Dear U of I folks: A tenet of learning is the capacity for your thesis to stand up to challenge. If you believe Jeff Sessions represents the “wrong” side, the only way to demonstrate that is to engage him in a civil, polite discussion where each is given a chance to explain and support their perspective. If, on the other hand, you are afraid your position lacks the fundaments to withstand said conversation/dialogue, by all means, censor and cancel those with whom you “disagree”. Pathetic. You fill me with sadness and disgust. Sadness because you have no respect for what… Read more »
As a 2 time UofI alum and one who considers himself an unabashed liberal at 87, I must say that the members on the student government at the UofI must have been voting viscerally rather than what good sense should have told them! By trying to limit Sessions access they are using the very same playbook that many of the people they oppose are using that they claim is wrong!
The man who took down the KKK in the south is banned from speaking because DIE. How ridiculous. This is about power and denying their enemies comfort.
When is freedom of speech not freedom of speech? When the snot nosed liberals say so.
Young kids don’t share the same freedom of speech values that we do. Freedom of speech doesn’t apply to ‘racism’ and ‘racism’ is any speech they don’t like.
Its not really about speech, it’s about power. They have power to deny a powerful white man a platform, because he is a white man with conservative values, and white men are the devil.
The UIUC student government is likely left of the student body.
What percentage of the student body knows or would even care about a Jeff Sessions speech on the UIUC campus.
Very few people knew or cared about Session’s speech. And that’s the point of the student government – shut down any dissenting voices completely. Because racism or something.