26 days ago
The Epoch Times
Mayor Lightfoot: Chicago Teachers Union ‘Brought Chaos’ to EducationCommentaryChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently summarized the core problem with Chicago’s public education system in plain but powerful terms. Lightfoot stated during a recent debate with two of her opponents in the Chicago mayoral race that the Chicago Teachers Union brought “chaos” to Chicago Public Schools. As the union focused on politics, thousands of CPS students left the district while those who stayed showed a decline in academic performance. The share of CPS students considered proficient in reading dropped by 29 percent for third through eighth grades between 2010 and 2014. As of the past full school year, nearly 80 percent of CPS students could not read at grade level.
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