Archive for March 2017

A Connecticut Superior Court judge has upheld a Freedom of Information Commission ruling allowing date from teacher evaluations to be made public and diminish teacher union power to keep poor…

Minnesota parents have not given up their battle to ensure their children get the best education possible.   They have aimed their efforts against teacher union power enshrined in monopoly bargaining…

Teacher union officials in Downers Grove, Illinois, are planning to pack the school board with union-friendly candidates. If this happens, as on so many other school boards, the power of…

Idaho teacher union officials are opposing a secret ballot bill which would allow teachers to decide whether or not to become a union member and be represented by the union…

The fact that teachers are forced into unwanted representation in school districts where teacher union officials exercise exclusive representation is often overlooked when speaking of teacher freedom. A bill in…

The New York Board of Regents, which sets education policy in the Empire State, is eliminating a literacy exam for new teachers, claiming the test is “flawed.” The Board, which…

In another bid to sit on both sides of the monopoly bargaining table, teacher union officials in the Missouri Lindbergh school district are running 4 of 9 candidates in the…

Jule Pattison Gordon, in the Bay State Banner, reveals some interesting facts about Boston’s monopoly bargaining practices in negotiations with teacher union officials.  The taxpayer takes on the cost of…