Good on NBC 5 for not listening to ISBE's rhetoric about Illinois' 2023 student outcomes and instead citing the dismal results highlighted in Wirepoints' report. Reporter Mary Ann Ahern pointed out that just 8 percent of black students statewide could do math at grade level this year. Ted pointed out that education officials are too focused on spending more money instead of what matters most: literacy.

Source: ABC News October 31, 2023 18:27 UTC