Teachers union head says conservatives don't want black kids to know how to read

The president of the Chicago Teachers Union claimed during a radio interview that aired Sunday that conservatives don't want black children to learn to read.

Stacy Davis Gates made one appearance on WBBM 780 AM to defend the union contractual requirements. Gates claimed that the conservatives who expressed critic from requests “I don't even want black kids to be able to read.”

“Remember, these same conservatives are the conservatives who probably would have championed the black codes, you know, during or after Reconstruction,” he said. “So forgive me again if conservatives rejecting the education of immigrant children, black children, children living in poverty, don't make my anxiety rise. That's what they're supposed to say . That's literally part of the oath they take to be right-wing.”

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The demands of the union to include a number of climate-related provisions, such as electric school buses, the expanded use of heat pumps and solar panels, and the creation of “climate champion” positions to organize relevant initiatives and activities. The listing could cost more than $13.9 billion, seconds to an estimate by the Illinois Policy Institute.

The union also called for the city's board of education to work with the city to provide more affordable housing units, giving priority to Chicago Public School families, according to the IPI.

LISTEN to Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates absurdly telling a radio news anchor that conservatives don't want black kids to read:

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“It means something when there are 20,000 youth classified as homeless in this city because it means a lack of stability for our city,” Gates said. “That's why we will present proposals that oblige the [Chicago Housing Authority] to move these families to the top of the list and have a timetable to get them into homes.”

The 2023 test results showed that about 83 percent of CPS students were not proficient in math, while nearly 75 percent could not read at grade level, according to the IPI.

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