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| Chicago Teachers Union Prez Blames 'Rich White People' |
| 2013-06-22 |
| [NEWS.INVESTORS] The president of the reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... Teachers Union charges that racism and "rich white people" are to blame for the immense financial and educational crisis facing the Chicago Public Schools. Tbe Chicago Public Schools (CPS) represent everything that is wrong with public education in America. They are in thrall to the unions that run the system and bankrupt it through bloated salaries and pensions while too many of the students trapped inside graduate as functional illiterates, if they graduate at all. Poor academic performance generally, a huge budget shortfall and poorly attended schools in declining neighborhoods recently forced CPS to close 49 schools in an attempt to close a $1 billion budget gap. But according to CTU President Karen Lewis, the root cause is not the lack of educational competition or the inability to fire or reward teachers on the basis of student academic performance. In a speech Wednesday before the upscale City Club of Chicago, Lewis asked, "When will we address the fact that rich, white people think they know what's in the best interest of children of African-Americans and Latinos -- no matter what the parent's income or education level." She decried members of the "status quo, the people who are running the schools and advising the mayor on how to best run our district, know what good education looks like because they have secured it for their own children in well-resourced, public and private institutions." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #27 She's right though Paul, "white people to blame". To blame....for letting it go on for so long that is. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-22 22:26 |
| #26 Congratulations on your successful escape Sherry. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-22 22:25 |
| #25 Screams and vitriol get louder when you are starting to circle the drain. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-06-22 22:24 |
| #24 Years ago during the years of the '70's, in my days as an educator consultant to elementary schools,(largely funded by federal funds, tho I worked for a private enterprise), Chicago was always a "what next?" More than once, spent several days sitting, cause teachers were on a "sit-in" for what ever reason..... (Good for me, I got to tour Chicago) Can't even begin to detail the meetings that were necessary before I was "allowed" to present to teachers..... Seems nothing has changed since the '70's -- just more money now being spent.... It was in Chicago, in those days, that I had my second introduction to "The Teacher's Union." The first was during my first teaching job, straight out of college. All this stuff about the state NTA (National Teachers Association) was having it's state conference. Whether or not I wanted to, I had to pay $20, had the day off, but had to attend the state meeting in Little Rock.... Couldn't get any of this "day off that was costing me $20" stuff to make sense to me..... but then again, I was just 20 years old..... with my questions, I learned quickly to "shut it up" and just go.... This same Chicago "leader" seems to have forgotten about The Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC)-- a Chicago public school reform project from 1995 to 2001 that worked with half of Chicago's public schools and was funded by a $49.2 million, 2-to-1 matching challenge grant over five years from the Annenberg Foundation. The grant was contingent on being matched by $49.2 million in private donations and $49.2 million in public money. On the board of this Annenberg Foundation were Bill Ayers and Obama --- seems no process was the result of these millions of dollars...... |
| Posted by: Sherry 2013-06-22 22:21 |
| #23 I blame poor white people and assorted other vile villens. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-06-22 18:50 |
| #22 Wasting your life in a GUnion screwing with others out of self importance and ignorance. Apparently, the kids are stupid because of stupid people like you. |
| Posted by: Newc 2013-06-22 14:31 |
| #21 To err is human. To blame others is politics. |
| Posted by: Hupomosing Cravilet9745 2013-06-22 12:10 |
| #20 People massive enough to have their own planetary system should not use the phrase "When are we going to talk about the elephant in the room?". |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-06-22 11:54 |
| #19 Sounds like the blame Bush meme. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-22 11:26 |
| #18 "They" being the Left. Case of self-loathing. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-22 11:25 |
| #17 Is this another version of "blame Bush"? |
| Posted by: Hupomosing Cravilet9745 2013-06-22 11:24 |
| #16 They blame " |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-22 11:23 |
| #15 Looks like the sort of woman who would sponsor a youth soccer team... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-06-22 11:02 |
| #14 "Bring me Solo and the Wookie, they will pay for this outrage." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-06-22 10:07 |
| #13 Since I don't know how to get the Day by Day cartoon of today to appear here: "She could rescind the bounty she put out on Han Solo" Heh.™ |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-06-22 10:03 |
| #12 Black racists like her will never be held accountable for their racism by the leftist media. That' kind of scrutiny is reserved for enemies of the party. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2013-06-22 09:40 |
| #11 Rich, "blue-eyed devils"? Ms. Lewis, please report to the Mayor's office at once. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-22 09:26 |
| #10 "When will we address the fact that rich, white people think they know what's in the best interest of children of African-Americans and Latinos -- no matter what the parent's income or education level." Ms. Lewis, do you mean rich white folks like Walter Annenberg? |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2013-06-22 08:58 |
| #9 1 - never ever mention the middle and upper class blacks who took advantage of desegregation to flee the inner cities removing the social lid that had kept self destructive behaviors in check for generations. 2 - never ever mention the destructive effect not just of schools but also major cities of forced busing as people fled the lowering standards of discipline and academics in the education system. 3 - prove, however, that black racist can get away with the most outlandish slanders without consequences. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-06-22 08:21 |
| #8 How is this not a) Racist? b) a sign she's a responsibility dodger who can't do her job? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-06-22 07:16 |
| #7 Still blaming the plantation owner even after they bought the farm. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2013-06-22 06:55 |
| #6 Sounds like Obama. |
| Posted by: Winky Sproing5899 2013-06-22 02:50 |
| #5 She's right too---if it wasn't for rich white liberals, she'd be a domestic and the kids would have somebody who actually can teach (even if, gasp, it was a white male). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-06-22 02:25 |
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| Posted by: Shomp Glert7500 2013-06-22 01:55 |
| #3 Going by CTU President Karen Lewis' looks I'd say that she's been stuffing WAAAAAYYYY too much cake into that piehole. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2013-06-22 01:21 |
| #2 Fuck you, you stupid racist asshole. Take some goddamn responsibility for once in your idiotic life. Liberal. Better yet. Jump off a cliff and die. You would server the world better as worm food anyhow. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-06-22 00:42 |
| #1 Glad you are in Chicago, but we are waiting for you with open arms, brother. |
| Posted by: Shomp Glert7500 2013-06-22 00:32 |