Report: City Colleges of Chicago watered down standards, issued thousands more degrees
Illinois’ largest community college system saw a decrease in enrollment, but a doubling of degrees.
PolitiFact fumbles fact-check: Education funding proposal is a CPS bailout
Analysis from PolitiFact Illinois and the Better Government Association misreads or ignores Chicago Public Schools bailout provisions within Senate Bill 1.
Fact-checking BGA’s claims on ‘low-spending’ Illinois
While the Better Government Association has claimed Illinois’ budget contains no fat to trim, a deeper analysis reveals the state has many areas of expensive inefficiency to reform in state and local government costs, the Medicaid program and K-12 education.
