Chicago Teachers Union president suggests children belong to the school system

Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Stacy Davis Gates said that children belong to them while delivering a speech at the City Club of Chicago.“Baldwin says the children are always ours.Every single one of them, all over the globe.

And what comes next is ‘CTU thinks your children are its children.’ Yes, we do.We do.

We do,” Davis Gates said on Monday.Davis Gates cited James Baldwin, a prominent writer and civil rights activist.Davis Gates went on to say, “‘CTU thinks all children belong to it.And they’re a socialist conspiracy ideology.’ Well, I don’t know about all that, but we like children.

We educate them, we nurture them, we protect them, we support them, we negotiate for them, we create space for them.We even have them in our homes.”Davis Gates was invited to deliver an address at the City Club of Chicago, a public forum where prominent government officials and influential figures speak.Since it was founded in 1903, the forum has hosted speakers from both sides of the political aisle, including President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama, and former Vice President Mike Pence.The Chicago Teachers Union did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Corey DeAngelis, a senior fellow at the American Culture Project and school choice advocate, told Fox News Digital that Chicago’s public school system is performing poorly.“The irony is glaring: if the CTU were a parent, it would lose custody for educational neglect and abuse, given the catastrophic failure of Chicago’s public schools,” DeAngelis said.Davis Gates previously made headlines for making controversial claims criticizing school choice policies and conservatives. Last year, she told a news radio host that conservatives do not want Black children to read, adding that it is “part of the oath they take to be right wing.”During contract negotiations with Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Teachers Union reportedly called for over $50 billion to pa...