MrMonkey
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LOL at these latest demands from the CTU ....Can’t imagine why we are dumb. Maybe the. Chicago Teachers Union can get more money to fix the education problems.
Chicago Teachers Union makes most extreme contract demands in U.S.
Illinois Policy Institute analysis shows the contract and radical demands could cost Chicagoans $51.5 billion or more
www.illinoispolicy.org
Here's one opinion of the situation ...
“No other union in the nation is going as far as the Chicago Teachers Union. Its demands highlight its quest for power and expediency, pushing a radical political agenda on parents and students at the taxpayers’ expense,” said Mailee Smith, senior director of labor policy at the Illinois Policy Institute. “The city can’t afford these egregious demands as CPS is already facing a $400 million hole in 2025. But with their former lobbyist in the mayor's office, CTU is well positioned to make off with some of its big-ticket items – which could end up costing Chicagoans billions.”
Reminds me of Camden NJ situation but much MUCH bigger scale which I posted here (I believe?) in detail.
In 2013, then Gov. Chris Christie ordered a state takeover of the troubled Camden school system, citing poor test scores, a high dropout rate and a low graduation rate. The district has been run by the state for nearly 11 years. The Camden Renaissance school program started in 2014.
The people running the CTU along with the city of Chicago aren't smart enough to handle these jobs. Just a simple fact. It APPEARS very appropriate the DNC is being held in that city.