Culture
Police union leader calls ‘teen takeover’ looting, criticizes Mayor Johnson(The Center Square) â Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson downplayed the recent arrests of teenagers in Chicago, claiming that those individuals were merely “cutting it,” which has led to pushback from… Read More
Culture
University of Chicago offers course on âqueering Godâ(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The University of Chicago (UChicago) is offering a course entitled âQueering God,â according to the universityâs 2023-24 course catalog. The course is … Read More
Culture
Chicago turns high school into âwelcome centerâ for illegal immigrants(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced Monday that it will use one of its high schools as a welcome center for illegal immigrants to receive assistance… Read More
Public Education
Chicago’s new mayor replaces Board of Education with social justice warriorsMayor Brandon Johnson appointed six new members to the seven-member Chicago Board of Education last week, each of whom share a common progressive ideology focused on race and equity. âItâs… Read More
Public Education
Children’s hospital agreed to pay employee to give ‘drag performance’ to school kids(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A Chicago childrenâs hospital agreed to pay one of its employees to give a drag performance at a public school event for students, according to… Read More
Culture
Parent org tracks thousands of schools that advise teachers on how to hide gender transitions from parents(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Parents Defending Education (PDE), a parental rights organization, has identified thousands of school districts which have policies that advise employees on how to keep a… Read More
Public Education
‘It’s just unacceptable’: The border crisis is overwhelming schools in some of America’s most populated cities(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The crisis at the southern border is overwhelming school systems in several metropolitan areas of the country, according to multiple reports. New York City, Miami-Dade… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Teachers Union ‘breached its duty’ with political spending, complaint alleges(Daily Caller) â Teachers filed an ethics complaint Thursday against the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) over their campaign spending ahead of the mayoral election. Hancock High School teacher… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Chicago public education canât get much worseAs Chicago voters prepare to elect either Brandon Johnson or Paul Vallas as the cityâs next mayor, the stakes for students are, ironically, low. That’s because Chicagoâs K-12… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Chicago Teachers Union gets unashamedly power hungry in mayoral electionThe Chicago Teachers Union has abandoned its façade of helping teachers and is now all-in on political advocacy and endorsements. The union pledged $2 million… Read More
Public Education
Chicago teachers unions throw millions behind left-wing mayoral candidate(Daily Caller) â The largest teachers union in Illinois and its affiliates have spent almost $3.2 million on the upcoming mayoral election, according to the Illinois Policy Institute. From January… Read More
Public Education
Chicago’s powerful teachers’ union ditched Lightfoot for challenging it(Daily Caller) â The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) celebrated Democratic Chicago Mayor candidate Brandon Johnson on Tuesday after he defeated Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, an endorsement that could have… Read More
Legislation
Poll: Large majority of Chicago voters support school choice(The Center Square) â Two out of every three voters are dissatisfied with Chicagoâs public education system, and some 62% of them support school choice, a new Illinois Policy Institute… Read More
Public Education
Not a single student is proficient in reading or math at 55 Chicago schools(Daily Caller) â In 55 Chicago Public Schools, not one student met grade level expectations in either math or reading during the 2021-2022 school year, according to a Wirepoints report. Read More
Public Education
Lightfoot criticized for soliciting CPS students to campaign for ‘extra credit;’ investigations launched(The Center Square) â Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is drawing criticism over leaked emails of her campaign asking public school students for help her re-election bid in exchange for “extra credit.”… Read More
Public Education
Hundreds of cases of sexually predatory behavior reported in Chicago Public SchoolsA report last week revealed a staggering number of alleged teacher-on-student sexual assaults at Chicago Public Schools. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) closed cases on over… Read More
Legislation
Chicago Public Schools holds students hostage by trapping them in a broken systemIf public education in Chicago wasnât already bad enough, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is now holding some students hostage â by trying to get rid of a school… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Public Schools to pay back $87 million in overpayments(The Center Square) â Chicago Public Schools were given $87 million from the Illinois State Board of Education in error and now they owe that money back. The coding error… Read More
Public Education
Audit: Chicago Public Schools received $87 million in overpayments(The Center Square) â An Illinois Auditor General’s report shows an error at the Illinois State Board of Education resulted in an overpayment of more than $87 million to Chicago… Read More
Public Education
Leaked social media posts show how Chicago Teachers Union leaders smuggled woke ideology into school lessonsSocial media posts by Chicago Teachers Union members and executives describe how they covertly insert far-left woke indoctrination into their lessons.  The alarming Facebook posts in… Read More