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It’s a pretty bad look when you are head of the teacher’s advocacy group and think the system is so terrible that your own kids deserve better. I mean it’s not

It’s a pretty bad look when you are head of the teacher’s advocacy group and think the system is so terrible that your own kids deserve better. I mean it’s not like I’m the only person who feels this way. It’s something of a scandal and she has taken public heat for this: https://abc7chicago.com/amp/stacy-davis-gates-private-school-ctu-chicago-teachers-union-cps/13750311/ https://abc7chicago.com/amp/stacy-davis-gates-private-school... https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2023/9/7/23863532/ctu-president-defends-sending-her-son-private-school-result-unfair-choices-south-side-families https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2023/9/7/23863532/ctu... https://www.wsj.com/articles/stacy-davis-gates-chicago-teachers-union-catholic-school-school-choice-128f01c0 https://www.wsj.com/articles/stacy-davis-gates-chicago-teach...

tptacek 3y ago
In Chicago, sending your kids to Catholic school is hardly an indictment of the system. It's a very Catholic city. I went to Catholic primary school despite the local CPS K-8 probably being better (and despite my mom teaching there). She's taking heat for it, obviously, but the heat is motivated: the CTU is intensely political, and has enemies. I'm not a fan. But my point stands: it doesn't really say anything about CPS policy that the head of CTU isn't a CPS customer.
- monero-xmr 3y ago
  I think at least the head of the group that represents public school teachers could find a single public school worthy of her own children. But apparently not
  - tptacek 3y ago
    I'm not sure what you mean. There are obviously CPS schools with exceptional outcomes. I don't think anyone seriously believes that you can't do better than diocesan schools anywhere in CPS. This reads more like a dunk than analysis.
lupire 3y ago
Yes, and the teachers also want better schools. That doesn't mean schools were better in the past.

tptacek 3y ago

In Chicago, sending your kids to Catholic school is hardly an indictment of the system. It's a very Catholic city. I went to Catholic primary school despite the local CPS K-8 probably being better (and despite my mom teaching there). She's taking heat for it, obviously, but the heat is motivated: the CTU is intensely political, and has enemies. I'm not a fan. But my point stands: it doesn't really say anything about CPS policy that the head of CTU isn't a CPS customer.

monero-xmr 3y ago
I think at least the head of the group that represents public school teachers could find a single public school worthy of her own children. But apparently not
- tptacek 3y ago
  I'm not sure what you mean. There are obviously CPS schools with exceptional outcomes. I don't think anyone seriously believes that you can't do better than diocesan schools anywhere in CPS. This reads more like a dunk than analysis.

lupire 3y ago

Yes, and the teachers also want better schools. That doesn't mean schools were better in the past.