the kind of Marxism you’d expect from a tin-pot foreign dictator. What’s really frightening is that it comes from some- one who has the education of 325,000 Chicago children in her grip. Corey DeAngelis, a school choice
advocate at the American Culture Project, says Davis Gates’ rhetoric is supremely ironic: “If the CTU were a parent, it would lose custody for edu- cational neglect and abuse, given the catastrophic failure of Chicago’s public schools.” Is it any wonder a new Echelon
Poll shows that the CTU under Davis Gates has a statewide approval rating of only 22%? One reason is her uber-confronta-
Chicago Public School Teachers enrolled their own children in private schools. In Philadelphia, it was 44%, in New York City, 33%. “What do they know that the rest
of us don’t about their local public schools?” he asked. What we do know is that this past
spring, Davis Gates was able to use her infl uence over Johnson to secure a gold- plated contract that included teacher raises of 5% a year, requirements to hire hundreds of new staff , including a “gender quality coordinator” in every school, and extra class preparation or recess time during the school day. But Davis Gates’ vision is far bigger
than just exercising her union’s muscle. She recently told the City Club of Chi- cago: “(Author James) Baldwin says the children are always ours. Every single one of them, all over the globe. “And what comes next is ‘CTU
thinks your children are its children.’ Yes, we do. We do.” That goes way beyond the “It takes a village” rhetoric of Hillary Clinton into
tional style. As part of her duties as CTU leader, Davis Gates has never hesitated to play the bully. This past June, outgoing Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez fi led defamation claims against both the CTU and Gates. A Chicago Public Schools principal
once fi led a police report against Davis Gates after she said at a CTU meeting that teachers “should punch their prin- cipal in the face.” The union said Davis Gates was
merely using fi gurative language. Another reason is her union’s extremism, including a post on CTU’s X account honoring Assata Shakur, a member of the Black Liberation Army who was convicted of killing New Jer- sey State Trooper Werner Foerster in the 1970s. Davis Gates has refused to apologize, insisting Shakur was an important historical fi gure. Many believe that Davis Gates, the
new union leader for over 100,000 Illi- nois public school teachers, will herself have a prominent place in history — as the authority fi gure who may wind up doing more than any other to bring about the collapse of the Land of Lincoln.
Last year, Davis Gates instigated a shutdown of a small existing Illinois school choice program, putting the futures of 10,000 low-income students at risk.
Honoring the Life of Cop Killer
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n a recent episode that caught national attention, an unusual
message was posted on the Chicago Teachers Union X account. It read in part: “Rest in Power,
Rest in Peace, Assata Shakur. Today we honor the life and legacy of a revolutionary fighter, a fierce writer, a revered elder of Black liberation, and a leader of freedom whose spirit continues to live in our struggle.” Shakur, a member of the Black Liberation Army, was convicted of killing New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster in the 1970s. Armed members
of the liberation army helped her escape from prison, and she later fled to Cuba, where she died this year. Seeing the union’s
fawning obituary, even American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten had enough. She picked up the phone and called Davis Gates. “I was concerned when I saw the
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memorial to Shakur,” Weingarten told reporters. “For whatever else Shakur did, she killed a cop.”
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