The CTU seems to believe that it’s impossible to improve student outcomes unless most of the city treasury is funneled into schools.
Students walk a hallway on Nov. 2, 2022, at a Chicago Public Schools high school in the Pullman neighborhood. “That part of our messy democracy is that things get out that are not ready to be read out.”
The CTU’s objective in the new contract is more of the same. Yes, there are the social service demands that go far beyond the mission of good schools. Take the outrageous demand that teachers receive housing subsidies. Or tongue-in-cheekThese are likely diversions to make the CTU’s real objectives appear as reasonable compromises. Don’t be fooled.
Despite the massive investment in public education, test scores remain abysmal, with 1 in 4 students meeting the state’s reading standards and 1 in 6 meeting math standards. Rather than using school funding in ways that improve school performance and expanding quality school choices, the CTU demands more funding and less school choice.
Davis Gates is right. Inequity and injustice exist in our schools. But they are perpetuated by our antiquated teachers union-dominated public school system, which denies a quality education to families that can’t afford alternatives to their failing schools. Our deficient neighborhood schools are the fault of CTU leadership.
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