Teachers Union Issues List Of Climate Demands As Students Struggle To Read At Grade Level - DAILY CALLER

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is making climate-related demands in contract negotiations as the city’s students continue to struggle mightily in the classroom - NICK POPE
"The CTU will push the city to include initiatives like 

• electric school buses, 
• green jobs training programs for students and 
• reducing emissions from buildings with solar panels and other retrofits, among other initiatives, according to E&E News. 

Those demands are being made while 2023 testing data shows that about 75% of Chicago’s public school students were unable to read at grade level and 83% of students were behind grade level proficiency in math, according to the Illinois Policy Institute.

The union is also demanding...

•  the creation of a “climate champion” role at each school to organize climate-related initiatives and activities, according to E&E News. 
• CTU is also proposing to have solar panels and heat pumps installed in school buildings, 
• as well as to create “heating and cooling centers” for communal use...

The union’s climate wishlist could cost hundreds of millions of dollars if granted in full, according to E&E News...