Archive for July 2012

Ian Tuttle of the Corner, National Review Online, reports on conservative NEA members’ puerile treatment by Democrat members.  Not a very democratic way to run a “Representative” Assembly. The event, which brought…

The Coeur d’Alene Press editorial asks the question:   What do Oklahoma, South Dakota, North Carolina and Georgia all have in common?  They’re all following Idaho’s lead in education reform, as are a…

Simon Campbell, a popular teacher union critic, school board member and Executive Director of StopTeacherStrikes.org, was targeted by the teacher unions in his own district recently. Calling themselves a civic-minded…

In this revealing story about teacher union political spending, reporter Alicia Mundy reveals the millions that teacher union officials have forced reluctant teachers to give to causes they do not…

Perhaps the most egregious aspect of this story is the quote from Brenda Smith, head of the local AFT.  It is shocking to think this labor union official might be…

Mike Antonucci Looks at Membership Numbers After Officials “. . .Tried Every Tactic Imaginable” NEA had a total of 3,166,761 members of all types, of whom 2,807,332 were active and employed in…

Knowledge of right to choose infuriates Nevada NEA Union Bosses. Union bosses throw tantrums when they learned that their union members were being informed that they have the right to drop their union memberships.…

Ian Tuttle relates the mood at the NEA Convention was not conducive to delegates out of lockstep with the NEA “Party Line”, in the National Review: The event, which brought 9,000…

Mike Antonucci gives us the chuckle of the Day in his Intercepts blog: After the speech by Vice President Joe Biden, most of today was spent debating new business items (NBIs). Notable…