Why Unit 5 Board Chair got by with his comments

By: Diane Benjamin If you forgot the comments by Alex Williams, see them here: https://blnnews.com/2025/09/20/controversy-surrounds-unit-5-board-chair-alex-williams/ Governor Pritzker gave a speech to the Illinois Federation of Teachers. His comments about Trump supporters were vile. Worse, he got a standing ovation from the TEACHERS present. . Alex Williams knows the administration and teachers in Unit 5 have […]

Krystle Able, Failing Schools, Chicago and activism

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 […]

Preventing clean elections in Illinois

FYI: Facebook removed this story too. Russians aren’t interfering in elections, Facebook is! By: Diane Benjamin https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/662192750-unions-can-defend-vs-attempts-to-force-il-to-clean-up-voter-rolls-judge-says Illinois elections are fair? Removing ineligible voters is essential to at least appear fair. Background excepts from the story: Washington, D.C.-based Judicial Watch filed suit in March in Chicago federal court, claiming Illinois state and county election authorities have […]