Shitcago is a joke in any number of ways, typical democrap/union run City, and State for that matter. NOTHING will solve its decline, ever.
Reading Used to be Fundamental. https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/reading-used-to-be-fundamental
The incentives are no longer there to have the father in a typical American home.
> The only hope is to eliminate the Chicago Public Schools entirely and go to an all–private school system. <
Retired urban public school teacher here. And I agree with the above. Big city school districts are beyond being saved. Way beyond.
Unfortunately, I don’t think they’ll ever be eliminated. Too many special interest groups are involved. The unions are just one of them. Another are the local politicians. They hate to give up any power.
But private schools have their problems, too. How would they handle a disruptive student? Public schools must educate every student (or at least try). Could a private school just boot the kid out? If so, where does the kid go?
Plus private schools tend to attract like-minded folks. So we could end up with Muslim private schools being funded by tax dollars.
Parts of government, but particularly education in America, have actually achieved negative marginal utility - every dollar spent actually makes results WORSE.
the reason is clear - every extra dollar keeps alive a bloated, political and dysfunctional bureaucracy, which eliminates any other options.
The link did not work. this one does:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/fixing-the-chicago-public-schools/
The ideas are “it’s never going to happen” ideas. The Dims control the state and teachers unions and other public service unions are the donation and activist troops behind the dims.
Folks in Chicago who want a better education for their kids just need to move, that’s all.
Schools where everyone is a failure, but nobody ever fails.
2) Hire all new teachers, but give them literacy tests before hiring them.
Previous teachers not allowed, even if they pass the tests.
But of course it cannot happen unless much else changes in the world in general.
Never happen in Chicago as long as leftists are in control. The teachers union is powerful and the democratic party uses the teachers and students as boots on the ground for various protests.
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The complete elimination of the teacher's unions.
Step 1.......shitcan every democrat politician and public school teacher in the county.
Never happen you say?......that’s right, and that’s why it will never get fixed.
There is an old saying, “You can’t make a chicken sandwich out of chicken manure.
What’s so different about this smartphone?
It makes kids smarter. You have to learn to use it. Really!
It’s giving me a problem.
Indeed, it is.
This September, The Chicago Public Schools will have the lowest enrollment in over 50 Years! But the CTU still demands more $$$...
This is your sound-proof learning cubicle, Leroy.
Why did the lady on the computer screen change from white to black?
A camera saw you.
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Why does the black lady speak in an Indian voice when I ask her a question?
It could be that the software was written by an H-1B employee or you were speaking to a woman in India.
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What about lunch?
You get a choice based on your academic performance.
My phone isn’t working right. All it says is “Call the teachers’ union office.”
A kid of yours apparently misbehaved.
What do I need to do?
Whatever it takes to get your kid to behave.