Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is comparing some Chicago Public Schools to prisons. The state currently has no plan for how to fund schools. And the plans that Democrats have come up with so far - Governor Rauner has ridiculed for giving too much to Chicago Public Schools.
Today, Rauner once again raised the idea of CPS declaring bankruptcy for its bad finances, and its bad infrastructure.
"Many of them are inadequate. Many of them are woeful. And some are just tragic. Many of them are basically, almost crumbling prisons. They’re not a place a young person should be educated."
That comment drew immediate sharp rebuke. Chicago Alderman Howard Brookins called it racist rhetoric. And State Representative Christian Mitchell says Rauner’s trying to make Chicago Public Schools the boogeyman to divide the state.