Chicago Public Schools refuse to allow Student Teachers to take part in the public school arena.

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"Now, CTU is targeting Chicago’s selective enrollment schools — the city’s highest-performing public schools. The union claims these schools are 'tools of inequality,' even though they spend less per student than the district average and serve populations that are over 70 percent Black and Latino, more than half of whom come from low-income families. The union’s real goal is clear: Eliminate visible contrasts between successful selective schools and struggling neighborhood schools.

"Instead of fixing underperforming schools, where principals and Local School Councils have little ability to make staffing or academic changes, CTU seeks to drag high-performing models down to their level. The irony is striking: Over 30 percent of CTU members send their own children to private schools, and an equal share enroll their children in public magnet or charter schools."


[The author of this article, Paul Vallas, narrowly lost the last mayoral election to Brandon Johnson, who was supported by and is an agent of the Chicago Teachers Union].
 
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