Archive for 2014

Ohio teachers who crossed a picket line last year during a 2-month long strike, are still being targeted by union officials, who are demanding names and addresses, after days of…

CEAFU 2014 Conference All Star Line-Up (in order of appearance) (click here to download the schedule) Larry Sand, California Teachers Empowerment Network Larry Sand began his teaching career in New York…

For Karen Lewis, Chicago Teacher Union president, it’s never about the kids.  In her latest jeremiad she criticizes officials for putting education budge money into opening charters and turning around…

An internal Department of Education memorandum outlines a plan to offer buyouts to “rubber room” teachers.  These teachers remain on the payroll, but spend their days in school doing anything…

The Nevada State Education Association has hit a bump in the road in its quest for more education money through taxes.  In a surprising lack of solidarity, the Nevada AFL-CIO has…

Tom Rogan takes on teacher union official power and greed, as well as the Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia.  The story is in the National Review.  Last Friday, the Philadelphia superintendent…

While the Wisconsin state Republican convention delegates voted to oppose Common Core standards in the Badger State, they also voted in favor of school choice and promoting a Right to…

An inter-union battle may be brewing in New York City as teacher union bosses attempt to obtain a bigger piece of the pie for teachers. Som of the “uniformed” union bosses are…

Former Teacher Union President George Parker has changed his mind about vouchers, believing it should be all about the kids.  His editorial appears in The Tennessean. For many years I opposed school…