Chicago Teachers Union maintains legislative assault on low-income parents

By Mailee Smith

09/25/2023

The Chicago Teachers Union has registered opposition to just one bill in the Illinois General Assembly’s current legislative session: one that would have created opportunities for low-income parents to send their children to private schools.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Invest in Kids

Fact check: 7 things school choice opponents got wrong about Invest in Kids

By Hannah Schmid

09/22/2023

Illinois Families for Public Schools released a pamphlet with misleading information about the Invest in Kids Tax-Credit Scholarship program and its effects on the public school system in Illinois. Here are corrections to seven things they got wrong.

TAGS: Invest in Kids

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union restricts public school choice, too

By Paul Vallas

09/22/2023

Stacy Davis Gates’ hypocrisy isn’t just about denying families the private school choices she enjoys. It’s also a blatant attack on public school options, particularly public charter schools.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

How you can help save school choice in Illinois

By Dylan Sharkey

09/22/2023

Some Illinois lawmakers and the Chicago Teachers Union want to cut off 9,600 students across the state from attending a school of their choice. Here’s how you can save their scholarships before they expire at the end of 2023.

TAGS: Invest in Kids

Union bosses pay lobbyist big bucks to kill school choice as he sends his kids to private school

By Mailee Smith

09/20/2023

Sean Denney, director of government relations at the Illinois Education Association, makes four times more than the average family receiving an Invest in Kids tax credit scholarship. He can afford private school for his children but is trying to end that option for others.

TAGS: IEA-NEA: Illinois Education Association, Invest in Kids

Stacy Davis Gates’ income is 483% more than families she wants denied scholarships

By Mailee Smith

09/20/2023

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates makes over $262,000 a year. The average household income of the families receiving Invest in Kids scholarships is just $45,046. She chose a private school for her child, but wants to kill the option for 9,600 low-income students.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

Fact-check: How misleading is Stacy Davis Gates’ ‘Dear Union Sibling’ letter?

By Perry Zhao

09/13/2023

After Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates admitted to sending her son to a private school while trying to kill school choice for others, she defended her decision to her union’s members. To be kind, it was misleading. Here’s a fact check of it.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

Stacy Davis Gates nurtures her child’s dream at private school, but wants it crushed for yours

By Mailee Smith

09/13/2023

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates has chosen to let her son “live out his dream” by putting him in private school, yet she and CTU have a long history of pushing the Illinois General Assembly to deny the same choice to other families.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

Stacy Davis Gates: ‘unfair choice’ leads to private school for her child

By Dylan Sharkey

09/08/2023

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates said her child is in private school because the public schools lack resources. So why would she want to force low-income families into those schools?

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

Vallas: Fact check on Stacy Davis Gates’ rationalization for fighting, exercising school choice

By Paul Vallas

09/08/2023

Stacy Davis Gates conveniently ignores she and other union bosses actively work to deny poor parents the same educational choices they themselves enjoy. While Davis Gates bemoans “unfair choices” for South Side and West Side parents, she fails to acknowledge CTU leadership is primarily responsible for these disparities.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

Stacy Davis Gates

Chicago Teachers Union maintains legislative assault on low-income parents

Fact check: 7 things school choice opponents got wrong about Invest in Kids

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union restricts public school choice, too

How you can help save school choice in Illinois

Union bosses pay lobbyist big bucks to kill school choice as he sends his kids to private school

Stacy Davis Gates’ income is 483% more than families she wants denied scholarships

Fact-check: How misleading is Stacy Davis Gates’ ‘Dear Union Sibling’ letter?

Stacy Davis Gates nurtures her child’s dream at private school, but wants it crushed for yours

Stacy Davis Gates: ‘unfair choice’ leads to private school for her child

Vallas: Fact check on Stacy Davis Gates’ rationalization for fighting, exercising school choice

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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