{"id":658191,"date":"2021-08-18T11:06:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T15:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658191"},"modified":"2021-08-18T11:06:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T15:06:58","slug":"chicago-teachers-union-claims-school-choice-has-a-racist-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-teachers-union-claims-school-choice-has-a-racist-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Teachers Union Claims School Choice \u2018Has A Racist History\u2019"},"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\">20<\/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-claims-school-choice-has-a-racist-history%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=658191&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1179219431.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) claimed that school choice and voucher programs are rooted in racism, despite evidence that points to the contrary.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CTU\u2019s official Twitter account stated, \u201c\u2018School choice\u2019 has a racist history. It hasn\u2019t really improved with time.\u201d The account proceeded to link to an op-ed in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/opinion\/commentary\/ct-opinion-school-choice-milton-friedman-20210816-a2evfx4emfexpndl3ihnjmewje-story.html\"><span>Chicago Tribune<\/span><\/a><span> that argued school choice has roots in racism.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8216560509554\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSchool choice\u201d has a racist history. It hasn\u2019t really improved with time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r60DIIJ4Zb\">https:\/\/t.co\/r60DIIJ4Zb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ChicagoTeachersUnion (@CTULocal1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTULocal1\/status\/1427714348198285325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The union represents over 25,000 Illinois teachers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Corey DeAngelis, the Director of School Choice at the Reason Foundation, dubbed the CTU\u2019s narrative as false. He claims that many segregationists opposed programs \u2014 such as voucher programs \u2014&nbsp;that would expand opportunities for minorities to learn.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMaine, Vermont, and New Hampshire all have voucher programs that started in the 1800s,\u201d DeAngelis said. \u201cSome segregationists opposed school vouchers because they understood that funding students directly could expand educational opportunities and lead to integration.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Scholars have also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/15582159.2019.1591157\"><span>argued<\/span><\/a><span> that school choice programs \u201ctend to reduce race and economic class segregation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, the most compelling argument against school choice programs being racist, is that 89% of black Democratic primary voters support expanding \u201caccess to more choices and options within the public school system, including magnet schools, career academies, and public charter schools.\u201d According to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dfer.org\/press\/new-poll-shows-voters-seek-new-investments-bold-changes-in-schools\/\"><span>survey<\/span><\/a><span> of 2020 voters, Democrats for Education Reform found that&nbsp; 81% of voters \u2014 including 81% of Democratic primary voters \u2014 also support expanding school choice options.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A 2019 EdChoice <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edchoice.org\/research-library\/?report=2019-schooling-in-america-survey\/\"><span>survey<\/span><\/a><span> found that 85% of voters are in favor of education savings accounts (ESA), which let families access money typically funneled to school districts to spend on education-related expenses for their children. 78% of African Americans and 79% of Hispanic respondents were in favor of ESA programs as well.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is not the first online, public blunder the CTU made about race. In December 2020, the union decried reopening schools as sexist, racist, and misogynistic, despite evidence that school closures exacerbated racial inequality.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe push to reopen schools is rooted in sexism, racism, and misogyny,\u201d the union said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Contrary to the union\u2019s claims, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/chicago-teachers-union-deletes-tweet-school-reopening-sexism-racism-misogyny\"><span>studies<\/span><\/a><span> suggest the COVID-19 school closures disproportionately harmed minority students. The data seems to bear out the point. A study of 4.4 million students found that test scores of black, Hispanic, and poor children took the biggest hit from school closures. Math scores of vulnerable students dropped up to 10 percentage points from last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The CTU issued a follow-up tweet in December arguing that their claims required more \u201cnuance.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFair enough. Complex issue. Requires nuance,\u201d the union said in a since-deleted tweet. \u201cAnd much more discussion. Most important, the people the decision affects deserve more. So we\u2019ll continue give [sic] them that. Appreciate the feedback of those truly in the struggle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The CTU has driven one of the most difficult bargaining campaigns against returning teachers to the classroom. Despite being some of the first in line to receive a vaccine, in February, many teachers voted to continue teaching remotely despite the school district\u2019s plan to return K-8 students to the classroom.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) claimed that school choice and voucher programs are rooted in racism, despite evidence that points to the contrary.\u00a0CTU\u2019s official Twitter account stated, \u201c\u2018School choice\u2019 has &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}