Tuesday 25 September 2012
Saving the Chicago public school system: Who's hurting the kids? ☀
Blowhards on Twitter, op-ed pages and other venues far from the reality of urban Chicago blame all the problems of public schools on teachers. But last February, in a report called, “The Schools Chicago’s Students Deserve”, the union pointed out the schools’ horrifying poverty, noting that 160 Chicago schools do not have libraries, and few offer foreign language classes.
If the city were to stop spending vast sums of money on privatisation experiments, it would cost relatively little to give all Chicago children the well-rounded, quality education they need. By going on strike, the teachers are building political power, putting themselves in a position to force such changes.
