{"id":2026247,"date":"2023-09-08T18:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T22:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-of-chicago-teacher-union-opposed-to-school-choice-sends-son-to-private-school\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T18:38:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T22:38:13","slug":"president-of-chicago-teacher-union-opposed-to-school-choice-sends-son-to-private-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-of-chicago-teacher-union-opposed-to-school-choice-sends-son-to-private-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Teacher Union President Sends Son to Private School Despite Opposition to School Choice."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fpresident-of-chicago-teacher-union-opposed-to-school-choice-sends-son-to-private-school%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=2026247&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Max\u200c Herman\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>3:23\u200c PM \u2013 Friday, September 8, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The president of the Chicago Teacher Union (CTU), Stacy Davis\u2063 Gates, has been under heat\u200d after it \u200dwas revealed one of her children goes to private school but she has openly opposed school choice.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, Davis Gates, who was elected president of the Chicago Teachers Union in 2022 and also serves as executive vice president\u2063 of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, enrolled her adolescent son in a Catholic high\u200c school in Chicago after openly speaking against private education. <\/p>\n<p>The union president sent a letter to union\u200d educators throughout Chicago \u2062on Thursday after the backlash started \u200csaying \u201coptions for Black students, their families and entire Black communities on this city\u2019s South and West\u2064 Sides are limited.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhile our fights and continued advocacy have secured more school resources, the inequities remain alarming,\u201d she continued. \u201cNot only are\u200d our classrooms the victims of compounded racism and redlining \u200bfrom decades past, but they \u2064are also struggling to recover from\u2063 waves of school closings and disinvestment under\u200d previous mayors. Public and charter high schools in our Black and Brown neighborhoods are living \u200band breathing examples of inequality. Nearly all lack the thriving extracurricular activities, \u2063sports programs, wraparound services or other ingredients\u200d that make for a\u2063 high-quality neighborhood public school.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Davis Gates, whose \u200btwo\u2063 youngest children attend public schools, said that\u200c her family\u2019s decision was influenced in part by her son\u2019s desire to play soccer, which is\u2063 not available at a high level at any\u2063 public school near their home.<\/p>\n<p>The activist stated last\u2062 year that having her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-of-chicago-teacher-union-opposed-to-school-choice-sends-son-to-private-school\/\" title=\"Chicago Teacher Union President Sends Son to Private School Despite Opposition to School Choice.\">children attend public schools helps<\/a> to \u201clegitimize\u201d her position within the union \u200band that she could not campaign for public schools if this were not the case.<\/p>\n<p>Davis Gates wrote in a post to X, the social media formerly \u2064known as Twitter, that school \u2064choice was \u201cactually the choice of racists. It was \u200bcreated to avoid integrating schools \u2062with \u200bBlack \u2063children.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*School choice* was actually the choice of racists. It was \u200bcreated to avoid integrating schools with Black children. Now \u2063it\u2019s the\u200b civil\u200d rights struggle of our generation? <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) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacydavisgates\/status\/1563577146949320704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In another X\u2064 post, she said private schools are \u201csegregation academies supported by taxpayer funds.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSegregation Academies\u201d \u200c\u2026Call them private schools supported by taxpayer funds\u2014vouchers\u2014so your northern cousins understand better. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RaunersLegacy?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RaunersLegacy<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MSlvSE39lQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/MSlvSE39lQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stacy \u2014We Deserve OUR \u200dHumanity\u2014#BLM (@stacydavisgates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacydavisgates\/status\/1068097879296876544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u2064 breaking \u200bnews\u200b blasts directly to your inbox for free. \u2064Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>1600 scientists from around the world, including 321\u2064 from the U.S., have signed the \u2018World Climate \u2064Declaration\u201d saying \u200cthere is no Climate Emergency.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In an exclusive interview, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul tells One America News that as new COVID requirements are emerging at some schools, there is no good science \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-theres-no-good-science-for-covid-masks-and-vaccinations-in-schools\/\" title=\"Paul: No scientific evidence supports the use of masks and vaccinations in schools.\">support mandatory masks<\/a> and vaccines among young people.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A recent CNN \u2064poll asked respondents who they would choose in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup in the 2024 Presidential Election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Counterpoint Institute President Dr. Shea Bradley-Farrell\u200c explains\u00a0the U.S. is propping up \u2064the war in Ukraine\u2062 for no reason.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Yelin Mo\u200d and Brenda Goh BEIJING\/SHANGHAI (Reuters) \u2013 A new series of smartphones launched by China\u2019s Huawei Technologies has drawn global\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013\u2063 PetroChina has acquired 100% of electric \u200cvehicle (EV) charging firm \u2064Potevio New Energy Co Ltd in the latest lower-carbon\u2063 investment\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Munsif Vengattil BENGALURU (Reuters) -U.S. chip firm Nvidia and India\u2019s \u2063Reliance on Friday said they have formed a partnership to create\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By David Lague SYDNEY (Reuters) \u2013 Some technology experts \u2062believe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nvidia-indias-reliance-strike-ai-partnership-for-apps-language-models\/\" title=\"Nvidia and India's Reliance join forces for AI apps and language models.\">innovative commercial software developers<\/a> now entering the arms market are challenging the\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>of the Chicago Teacher Union (CTU), is facing criticism for her stance on school choice. It has been revealed that one of her children attends a private school, despite her public opposition to the concept. 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