Chicago Teachers’ Strike and Warren’s Education Plan
Posted on AllSides October 23rd, 2019
“Striking Chicago teachers are preparing for an extended walkout and trying to increase public pressure on Mayor Lori Lightfoot, with a downtown march set for Wednesday.” (AP News)
On Monday, Elizabeth Warren released a plan for public school education. The plan would increase federal education funding, attempt to remedy racial disparities and segregated schools, end federal funding for charter schools, and ban for-profit charter schools. (Medium)
The left supports both the teachers’ strike and Warren’s education plan.
“More Chicagoans support the teachers’ strike (49 percent) than disapprove of it (38...