Chicago Teachers’ Strike and Warren’s Education Plan
“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...