Karen Lewis, the Chicago Teacher’s Union President, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, have a testy relationship at best. …
The two leaders met privately last year ahead of Emanuel’s inauguration. They went for dinner and to attend a dance — both are fans of the art form — and to develop a working relationship. …
“In that conversation he did say to me that 25 percent of the students in this city are never going to be anything, never going to amount to anything and he was never going to throw money at them.”
via NBC Chicago.
But naturally Emanuel’s people respond:
The Mayor’s Office said Lewis made up the anecdote.
“That’s simply false,” said Emanuel Press Secretary Sarah Hamilton. “The Mayor is committed to making sure that every single child in Chicago has access to an excellent education, which is why he is fighting so hard to transform the Chicago public schools that have failed our children year after year.”
No one knows what was true except those who there. But that’s not really the point is it?
The real issue is that CTU President Karen Lewis believes that the way to improve education is to throw money at it. And doesn’t that just about say about everything that needs to be said?
We have been throwing more and more money at CPS for years. The results have not trended with the spending. Check this out:
I wonder how much more money Ms. Lewis want to spend?