This is quite unhelpful. Quite unhelpful, indeed. Visigothery, is what it is. Hobbitry of the worst sort. And it must not stand! In fact, I feel complicit in the rape of reason itself just for having linked to the thing. It’s impolitic of me. Politically unpragmatic. And frankly is suggestive of a lack of good and proper breeding. Forgive me. Sometimes my trashy public school roots find their way up

…obviously because striking Chicago teachers aren’t being paid enough for the job they’ve been doing. I blame Bush. And Republicans in general. Whose hatred of education sometimes accidentally rubs off on Democrats in broke-ass Democratically controlled cities, forcing them to hate education, too.

Depends on what you mean by “higher,” I guess. Generally speaking, though, no, they do not. As a review — and as a way to brush up on your economic responses to the left claims that “we can’t afford” to “pay for tax cuts,” etc. (your ideological response should naturally be that the government doesn’t pay for tax cuts, but rather overspends and wastes the tax revenue it already collects;

In 2011, Chicago public schools showed a 40% drop out rate.   So of course Chicago teachers have a right to ask for a bigger slice of the taxpayer-funded public sector union pie.  Because if 40% of students are dropping out, that means 60% of students aren’t. 60% = D-. D- = passing grade. See? Success! The best thing that can happen to this country is for it to undergo that