I was wrong. For too long I've blamed parents of failing students for their failure when all along, at least in Chicago, it's obvious now it's the teachers.
The crew of teachers that showed up Sunday, threatening strike in the Daley Center were obviously unable to maintain themselves much less teach or God forbid serve as role models to their students.
Two Questions; why did they pick the Daley Center and not City Hall (directly across the street) to protest? And why were there protest signs in espanol? Must have been the Picassso and using the word horas.
With the first day of school comes the threat of a strike come next Monday. Why because the teachers care!
Fire them all and hire only the good ones back. We owe it to our children and simply throwing more money at bad teachers only compounds and solidifies the problem.