Just 8 percent of black students in Rockford Public Schools can read at grade level, and only 15 percent of students overall. And yet 66 percent of students graduate and nearly 95 percent of district teachers are rated “excellent or proficient.”
WIFR 23 (Rockford) covered a townhall event hosted by Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski and State Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R). Ted and Joe discussed the facts above, who is responsible for the failures in Illinois education and how we can restore power to parents and children through school choice.
Senator Steve Stadelman (D), meanwhile, told WIFR 23 that spending more money on classrooms and teacher salaries is the best way to improve results.
More money isn’t the answer, which we make clear in our new report.
VIDEO: Poor achievement, zero accountability: An indictment of Illinois’ education system
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