Archive for March 2017
Connecticut Teacher Unions Appeal Evaluation Decision
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…
Read MoreMinnesota Parents Persist Against Teacher Union Officials
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…
Read MoreAnother School Board Takeover?
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…
Read MoreThe Cost of Monopoly Bargaining 2
The cost of monopoly bargaining does not only affect taxpayers. Here’s an example of how an ineffective teacher received 3 times the salary of a Teacher of the Year. Tom Gantert has…
Read MoreFree Idaho Teachers!
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…
Read MoreIndiana Bills Takes Aim At Exclusive Representation and Retaliation
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…
Read MoreNew York Teacher Union Officials Kids Pay
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…
Read MoreSpecial Interests in Another School Board Election
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…
Read MoreKids Come First in DC
Michelle Rhee’s teacher evaluation design has put the Nation’s Capital on the map. IMPACT, process she established in 2009, allows DC Public Schools officials to circumvent the monopoly bargaining contract…
Read MoreCost of Collective Bargaining
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…
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