Yesterday I noted that the commission studying school funding said that the areas in the state with the highest rates of poverty (not just CPS) need additional dollars to get the job done. Perhaps the chairperson, Beth Purvis, and Secretary of Education here in Illinois said it best..."What's at stake for Illinois, if we don't fix the formula, is our ability to provide a high quality education for every child in the state." She went of to say, "We'll lose that opportunity."
The education component is but one piece of a 'grand bargain' but it is a piece that surely necessitates both sides of the aisle to roll up their sleeves and get the job done. To do otherwise is, in my view, more than a travesty, it's an injustice.
Dick
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