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SHOCKING – FAMOUS CONSERVATIVE HAS SYMPATHY FOR CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION « Teachers Fight Back

SHOCKING – FAMOUS CONSERVATIVE HAS SYMPATHY FOR CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION « Teachers Fight Back:


SHOCKING – FAMOUS CONSERVATIVE HAS SYMPATHY FOR CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION

What next ? Rush Limbaugh singing the praises of Obama ?
George Will, a famous conservative columnist has actually expressed sympathy for the leader of the Chicago Teachers’ Union.
In an editorial, Will also seems to be saying that he understands why it is so difficult to achieve success with the students in the Chicago schools.
Here is some of what he wrote. “Abundant data demonstrates that the vast majority of differences in schools’ performances can be explained by qualities of the families from which the children come to school: the amount of homework done at home, the quantity and quality of reading material in the home, the amount of television watched in the home and, the most important variable, the number of parents in the home. In Chicago, 84% of