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Wirepoints
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Independent research, commentary and news aggregation. We connect the dots between Illinois government, economy and people. #twill
Sep 13, 2022 • 4 tweets • 7 min read
1/4 While @chicagosmayor and @GovPritzker focus on name calling ("racists" "fear mongers" and "carnival barkers") and push failed #crime and #COVID19 polices, this is what's happening in #Chicago. 196 youth dead from homicide vs. 9 from Covid since March 2020. #twill #Illinois Image 2/4 Carjackings are at 5 a day – 1 every 5 hours. Neither @chicagosmayor nor @GovPritzker have a plan to stop them... Carjackings now 3X what they were when both took office in 2019. And 3/4 of them are "aggravated," meaning weaponized.

wirepoints.org/chicago-carjac… #twill #illinois Image
Jun 1, 2022 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
A THREAD 1/11: Poor student achievement and near-zero accountability: An indictment of #Illinois’ public education system. A @Wirepoints Report.

7% of Rockford black, 16% of Decatur white, and 11% of Elgin Hispanic 3rd-graders read at grade level.

wirepoints.org/poor-student-a… #twill 2/11: The Decatur Public School District is arguably the poster child of the failures of Illinois' educational system. Just 2% of black 3rd-graders can read at grade level.

It’s not much better for whites. Only 16% of whites are proficient in reading.