Rauner email: Half of CPS teachers 'virtually illiterate'
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[quote]Gov. Bruce Rauner once told some of Chicago's wealthiest and most influential civic leaders that half of Chicago Public Schools' teachers "are virtually illiterate" and half of the city's principals are "incompetent," according to emails Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration released Thursday under a court order.
Rauner made the assertion five years ago when he was a wealthy private equity executive and an active participant in Chicago school reform. His emails were part of a discussion with affluent education reform activists connected to the nonprofit Chicago Public Education Fund, including Penny Pritzker, now U.S. commerce secretary; billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin; Chicago investment executive Mellody Hobson; and Helen Zell, wife of billionaire real estate magnate Sam Zell.[/quote]
[URL]http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-cps-teachers-met-0722-20160721-story.html[/URL]
Rauner probably isn't far off with his numbers. This city's schooling system sucks ass.
As someone who wants to be a teacher, this is so depressing
I mean it's true. I always wondered what the stigma was behind "public school", but looking back it made sense when the art teacher was trying to teach us a bunch of words he himself couldn't fucking spell nor could he define using correct sentence structure
it sounds like chicago in general just sucks ass. does it, fellow chicago facepunchers?
[QUOTE=MissingNoGuy;50760127]it sounds like chicago in general just sucks ass. does it, fellow chicago facepunchers?[/QUOTE]
Like most places, it depends on where you go, I'd say overall Chicago is a clean, nice city on average, but by god some places are really terrible.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;50759677]As someone who wants to be a teacher, this is so depressing[/QUOTE]
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Will you be the one who saves the school system?
[QUOTE=KingKombat;50759886]I mean it's true. I always wondered what the stigma was behind "public school", but looking back it made sense when the art teacher was trying to teach us a bunch of words he himself couldn't fucking spell nor could he define using correct sentence structure[/QUOTE]
art teacher teaching english?
but ya this is why everyone who can afford to do so sends their kids to private school there which only further erodes the school system especially when they demand things like charter vouchers
[QUOTE=MissingNoGuy;50760127]it sounds like chicago in general just sucks ass. does it, fellow chicago facepunchers?[/QUOTE]
Love Chicago, although the shitty parts are REALLY shitty.
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