The Chicago Public Schools are facing a major truancy problem…among teachers.

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) was up in arms over suggestions that classes should be held on May 1 when teachers wanted to be out protesting.

Called International Workers’ Day, May Day is a global day of protest for socialist, communist, and unionist groups.

The CTU was upset when parents objected that canceling a day of class for teachers to join a political protest was a burden for working parents. These teachers believe that they are teaching something far more important through their activism. In defending the demand for publicly subsidized protests, CTU Vice President Jackson Potter explained that “teaching our students what civic action looks like requires more than textbooks.”

While that does not help with the dismal proficiency scores of actual students, it is vital to training students as political foot soldiers.

The CTU and the National Education Associationrecently collaboratedon a “curriculum build” to bring “social justice into the classroom” ahead of May Day. Dave Stieber, a history teacher in Chicago Public Schools is shown declaring that “May Day is a dress rehearsal for maybe there’s a random day in, you know, June that we all are, like, no work, no school, no shopping…So this is a continuation and a buildup of that.”

In the meantime,with only 2 of 5 students reading at grade level, the Chicago teachers chose to lower proficiency levels rather than improve their teaching record.

While failing on actually teaching students, the CTU is proficient at instructing politicians such as Mayor Brandon Johnson through the use of union dues to fund Democratic campaigns. The CTU and other teachers’ unions funneled millions into Johnson’s campaign. Byone estimate,93 percent of Johnson’s campaign budget came from unions.

The CTU has long held the distinction of being the most radical teachers’ union in the country. It was a CTU delegation that went to Venezuela during the Maduro regime topraise conditions under socialism. In a country where dissenters and reporters werebeing jailed and killed, the Chicago teachers gushed about how “we did not see a single homeless person!”

Chicago area teachers have beencharged with violent protests.

Source: ZeroHedge News