When it comes to education priorities in the Windy City, I think it is fair to say that the Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, and Mayor Brandon Johnson are all woefully out of touch.

Chicago parents are rightfully up in arms over the latest political stunt engineered by Johnson and so-called city education leaders, who have declared that May 1, aka May Day, be a “day of civic action.”

“We are pleased all parties are working together to ensure school communities can participate in commemorating International Workers Day,” Johnson said in a press release on April 17.

“Multiple opportunities will be provided for those who wish to participate in this day of civic action both inside and outside of the classroom,” he emphasized.

Unsurprisingly, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), which is more of a left-wing activist group than ever these days, fully supports “a day of youth civic engagement” on May Day. Incredibly, the CTU proudly admits that it “bargained with CPS to make May Day a day of civic action in our contract, ratified last year.”

According to CTU President Stacy Davis Gates, “Throwaway lines about the importance of ‘every minute in the classroom’ will not win the funding to keep those schools open, keep students........

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