The recent trip to Venezuela by a group calling itself a Chicago Teachers Union delegation has upset some union members and expats who question the point of the tour and take issue with the group’s praise of the country’s disputed government.
The four travelers, who crowdfunded the July trip under the banner of the CTU, met with Venezuelan government officials and educators, visited a commune and were featured in local media.
They wrote online about wanting to connect with Venezuelan teachers, students and unionists, criticized U.S. economic sanctions against the South American nation and wrote admiringly of its socialism, its communes and high literacy rates.
Chicago schools are failing their students, especially minorities and so what do they do, send a delegation to Venezuela!
Philadelphia public schools are in shambles — there, only 14% of 4th graders are deemed proficient or better at reading.
The state of New Jersey recently took control of Camden’s public schools, after administrators in one of the country’s poorest and most dangerous cities ran the system into the ground with a combination of unsustainable spending ($24,000 per student) and incredibly low success rates, fewer than 50% of students graduate.But nowhere is the crumbling of a major public school system more evident than in the city of Chicago
40% of Chicago students do not graduate
95% of Chicago graduates take remedial reading and math courses to attend college.
Liberalism is a mental disorder and it appears it is on full display now at how completely deranged it has become.
What does America's future hold when most major cities in our great nation are managed and maintained by Liberal Democrats who are turning out this level of stupid people?