Posted on 03/01/2023 9:42:15 AM PST by John Semmens
Data from the Illinois State Board of Education documents a dysfunctional public school system. There are 53 schools where not a single student is able to do math at the level expected for his or her grade. There are 622 schools where only one tenth of the students can read at grade level. There are 930 schools where only a tenth of the students can do math at grade level.
Many of these schools' performances are rated "commendable" by the State Board of Education. Ninety-seven percent of the state's public school teachers are rated as "excellent" or "proficient." However, fewer than 30% of the state's students can read at grade level.
It would appear that the school system needs a shake-up if we want results to improve. Yet, Gov J.B. Pritzker (D) selected Tony Sanders, Superintendent of U-46 in Elgin--a school district where only 20% of the total students and only 10% of minority students can read at grade level. Sanders has been in this district since 2007 and was named its superintendent in 2014. In the eight years he has been in charge the districts schools have continued to fail to impart important skills needed for success in life.
Asked why he chose Sanders, Pritzker blandly asserted, "he knows the system. He understands that even excellent teachers cannot teach life skills to the students of today. Rather lose great teachers by pressuring them to get better results and risk losing the political support they give to the Democratic Party, I think the smarter strategy is continue to use the schools as a giant detention program so their parents can work and pay taxes. The students that avoid being murdered by their peers don't need skills in order to go on the welfare our Party will provide for them after they're released from the schools' custody after they turn 18."
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Putting all that pressure on them to decide if they are going to be a boy or a girl while they’re still in Head Start doesn’t give them much time to learn.
Just another Weingarten, aka, Democratic success story.
Where is the satire part?
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