{"id":2026115,"date":"2023-09-08T16:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T20:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-teachers-union-president-defends-sending-son-to-private-school-after-backlash\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T16:43:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T20:43:13","slug":"chicago-teachers-union-president-defends-sending-son-to-private-school-after-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-teachers-union-president-defends-sending-son-to-private-school-after-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Teachers Union President defends sending son to private school despite criticism."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-teachers-union-president-defends-sending-son-to-private-school-after-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026115&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The President of the Chicago Teachers Union Defends\u2064 Decision to Send Son to Private School<\/h2>\n<p>The president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/teachers-unions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Teachers Union<\/a> (CTU) is facing backlash for her decision to send her son to a private school. However, she is standing by her choice.<\/p>\n<p>CTU President Stacy \u200cDavis Gates has enrolled her freshman son\u200b in a Catholic school on the South Side\u200c of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 her defense, Davis Gates has\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-opposes-school-vouchers-for-the-poor-he-sends-his-kids-to-one-of-pas-priciest-prep-schools\/\" title=\"Fetterman Opposes School Vouchers for the Poor. He Sends His Kids To One Of PA\u2019s Priciest Prep Schools.\">criticized school choice<\/a> \u2062and \u200cits impact on the resources available in Chicago&#8217;s public schools.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It was a very difficult decision\u2064 for us because there is not a lot \u2064to offer black youth who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-mother-who-exposed-pornographic-reading-material-in-curriculum-barred-from-entering-high-school-library\/\" title=\"Virginia Mother Who Exposed Pornographic Reading Material In Curriculum Barred From Entering High School Library\">entering high school<\/a> in Chicago,&#8221; Davis Gates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/ctu-president-is-sending-her-son-to-private-school-calling-it-a-result-of-unfair-choices-for-south-side-families\/f7216085-7435-476b-a51d-125b46902774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> WBEZ.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In many of our schools on the South Side and the West Side,\u2062 the course offerings are very marginal and limited,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Then the other thing, and it was a very strong priority, was his ability to participate \u200cin co-curricular and extracurricular activities,\u2064 which quite \u2064frankly, don&#8217;t exist in many of the schools, high \u200cschools \u200bin particular.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite her decision, Davis\u2062 Gates has\u200c been a vocal opponent of school choice and private schools in the past, \u200ceven going so far as to call\u2062 school choice &#8220;racist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*School choice*\u200d was actually the choice \u2062of racists. It was created to avoid integrating \u2062schools with Black children. Now it&#8217;s the civil \u200brights struggle of our \u200cgeneration? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoyBye?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoyBye<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jYbiKV48aJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/jYbiKV48aJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stacy \u2014We Deserve OUR Humanity\u2014#BLM (@stacydavisgates) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacydavisgates\/status\/1563577146949320704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Davis Gates has \u2062also strongly opposed the Illinois Invest in Kids\u2062 program, \u200cwhich <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-wants-credit-for-bidens-green-energy-agenda-let-her-have-it\/\" title=\"AOC Wants Credit For Biden\u2019s Green Energy Agenda. Let Her Have It.\">offers tax credits<\/a> to those who\u200d fund scholarships for low-income \u2062students to attend private schools.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE\u200c TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While \u2062critics have\u200c accused Davis Gates of hypocrisy, she argues that her\u200d decision is based on the limited\u2063 options available for black youth in Chicago&#8217;s \u2062public schools.<\/p>\n<p>She also condemned the news outlet SubX.News for \u200crevealing her son&#8217;s high school and publishing his name and picture, emphasizing the need to reject and decry such actions.<\/p>\n<p>Davis Gates is \u200bnot the only opponent of school \u200bchoice to benefit from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/private-school-grad-katie-hobbs-releases-anti-school-choice-plan\/\" title=\"Private School Grad Katie Hobbs Releases Anti-School Choice Plan\">private school education<\/a>. \u200dArizona Governor Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-teachers-union-president-defends-sending-son-to-private-school-after-backlash\/\" title=\"Chicago Teachers Union President defends sending son to private school despite criticism.\">strongly opposes school choice<\/a> but herself attended a private school.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate\u2063 over school choice \u200ccontinues, Davis Gates stands by her \u2064decision, highlighting the challenges faced \u200bby black youth in Chicago&#8217;s public schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CTU President Stacy Davis Gates defends sending her son to a private Catholic school in Chicago, facing criticism. 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