Chicago’s striking public school teachers earn $74,839 per year, and 39% of them send their own children to private schools
The striking public school teachers in Chicago earn $74,839 per year – and they get summer off.
39% of Chicago’s striking public school teachers send their own children to private schools.
Chicago’s charter schools are still open because their teachers are not on strike.
The U.S. Department of Education reports that 79% of Chicago eighth are graders not grade-level proficient in reading, and 80% are not grade-level proficient in math.
When Barack Obama lived in Chicago, he refused to allow his children to attend Chicago’s public schools.
September 10, 2012. Tags: Barack Obama, Charter schools, Chicaco public schools, Chicago, Chicago public school system, Chicago teacher strike, Education, Obama, Politics, Private schools, Public education, Public schools, Teachers unions. Education.
educateourfuture replied:
http://demandeducation.wordpress.com is my blog, as I think we think alike. In my blog I explain how I’m a scab and petition to find teachers willing to step in and educate the kids of Chicago if no one else will.
September 12, 2012 at 3:14 pm. Permalink.
danfromsquirrelhill replied:
Good for you!
September 12, 2012 at 6:45 pm. Permalink.
Nice Grind school replied:
Education decides the future of a child. Right education can make the future of child bright and wrong education can make the future of child dark. It depends on the school in which the child is going.
November 1, 2012 at 7:24 am. Permalink.