The schools want more money from the city. The city wants more money from the state. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a former teacher who is closely aligned with the Chicago Teachers Union, says he won't tolerate cuts to the schools staff, which he refers to as laying off "Brown and Black women." "The argument was you can't free Black people because it would be too expensive," the mayor said this month. And now, you have detractors making the same argument of the Confederacy when it comes to public education in this system.

Source: Washington Post October 22, 2024 02:09 UTC