Of course the ultra-wealthy flee states like California thanks to groups like the CTU, who can’t define “fair share.” Many have already left Illinois—and more will head to lower-tax states as long as the ruling party believes they can keep taxing everything with higher rates. When activist teachers launch a campaign to increase taxes with […]
By: Diane Benjamin See this press release from the Chicago Public Schools concerning 2024 assessment results: https://www.cps.edu/press-releases/2024/june/2024-spring-state-assessment-results/ The press release celebrates increasing scores that are dismal-excerpts: How much of their “great” achievement is due to lower standards? CPS has incorporated The 1619 Project into their curriculum: https://tomklingenstein.com/how-far-1619-has-reached/ Editor’s Note: In the hands of the Destructive […]
By: Diane Benjamin This is not the truth: . CTU President Stacy Gates spread a false rumor. ICE wasn’t at the school, it was Secret Service investigating a threat against the President: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/secret-service-agents-responded-to-chicago-school-not-ice-agency-says/3655654/ Krystle never corrected what she wrote. She also never asked herself why the Chicago Teacher’s Union lied in the first place! She […]
CHICAGO – Today, members of the House of Delegates (HOD) of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) passed the following resolution that enjoins the city’s educators to growing national opposition to the Common Core State Standards, saying the assessments disrupt student learning and consume tremendous amounts of time and resources for test preparation and administration. Now that […]
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2012/09/last-14-teacher-union-contributions-to-republican-leaders.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FbYHz+%28Illinois+Review%29 This article may further explain. oes Republican silence on CTU strike relate to union contributions? Illinois Republican lawmakers seem strangely quiet on the CTU strike. Few press releases. Even fewer comments. Might it have something to do with teachers union support? Below are some of the contributions the Illinois Education Association – Illinois’ largest […]
