<p>The president of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/teachers-unions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago Teachers Union</a> (CTU) is defending her decision to send her son to a private school after facing backlash for the decision.</p>
<p>CTU President Stacy Davis Gates is sending her freshman son to a Catholic school on the South Side of Chicago.</p>
<p>In her defense of the decision, Davis Gates criticized school choice, blaming such policies for the lack of resources at Chicago&#8217;s public schools.</p>
<p>“It was a very difficult decision for us because there is not a lot to offer black youth who are entering high school” in Chicago, Davis Gates <a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/ctu-president-is-sending-her-son-to-private-school-calling-it-a-result-of-unfair-choices-for-south-side-families/f7216085-7435-476b-a51d-125b46902774" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> WBEZ.</p>
<p>“In many of our schools on the South Side and the West Side, the course offerings are very marginal and limited,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Then the other thing, and it was a very strong priority, was his ability to participate in co-curricular and extracurricular activities, which quite frankly, don’t exist in many of the schools, high schools in particular.”</p>
<p>In the past, Davis Gates has been vocal about her opposition to school choice and private schools, even going as far as saying school choice is &#8220;racist.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;School choice was actually the choice of racists. It was created to avoid integrating schools with Black children. Now it’s the civil rights struggle of our generation?&#8221; she wrote on X last year.</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">*School choice* was actually the choice of racists. It was created to avoid integrating schools with Black children. Now it’s the civil rights struggle of our generation? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoyBye?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BoyBye</a> <a href="https://t.co/jYbiKV48aJ">https://t.co/jYbiKV48aJ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; ⭐️ SDG ⭐️AKA Muse of Chicago Trib Editorial Board (@stacydavisgates) <a href="https://twitter.com/stacydavisgates/status/1563577146949320704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Davis Gates strongly opposed the Illinois Invest in Kids program, which offers tax credits to people who help fund scholarships for low-income students to attend private schools.</p>
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<p>In June, the Illinois legislature opted not to renew the school voucher program.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m also a mother,&#8221; Davis Gates said on March 6 of last year. &#8220;My children go to Chicago Public Schools. These are the things that legitimize my space within the coalition.&#8221;</p>
<p>The revelation of Davis Gates&#8217; decision to opt for private school sparked immediate backlash, with critics accusing her of hypocrisy.</p>
<p>“You have to wonder: If the teachers union leader who wants to kill school choice has made the private school choice for her own child, how convincing are her arguments against school choice for low-income children with few options for breaking the cycle of generational poverty?” the Illinois Policy Institute, a conservative think tank, <a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/ctu-president-is-sending-her-son-to-private-school-calling-it-a-result-of-unfair-choices-for-south-side-families/f7216085-7435-476b-a51d-125b46902774" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> Wednesday in an article.</p>
<p>In her remarks this week, Davis Gates slammed the news outlet SubX.News for revealing her son&#8217;s high school and publishing his name and picture. The Daily Wire is not publishing the minor&#8217;s identity.</p>
<p>“We live in a time with extremist political rhetoric, and it has led to violence,” she said. “My children, my family should not have to endure this. And doxing a child is violent, and it’s unacceptable, and it needs to be rejected and decried by every institutional leader. It’s just not okay.”</p>
<p>Davis Gates is not the first school choice opponent to reap the benefits of private school education.</p>
<p>Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, strongly opposes school choice, but is herself <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/private-school-grad-katie-hobbs-releases-anti-school-choice-plan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a beneficiary</a> of a private school education.</p>
<p>Her education plan for Arizona, released during her campaign, includes cracking down on the state’s school voucher program and allowing Arizona’s public schools to spend more money.</p>

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