Archive for May 2018
What Teacher Union Officials Do Best
What do teacher union officials do best? Surprise! It’s not increasing teacher salaries! For years education experts have been saying teacher union officials are best at politics, and the latest…
Read MoreBipartisan Billionaires Go For Charters In California
Wealthy advocates of charter schools are putting their money where it will count – on charter schools in California. Laurel Rosenhall has the story on foxandhoudsdaily.com. CALmatters education reporter Jessica Calefati contributed to…
Read MoreLarry Sand’s Janus Reality Check
Larry Sand reminds us of what we can expect of the Janus v. AFSCME Local 31 decision, which should be handed down by the end of June. With a SCOTUS decision just…
Read MoreMassachusetts Teacher Union Official Charged With Embezzlement
A Massachusetts teacher union official has been accused of embezzling almost $20,000 as a teacher union official in Massachusetts. Since teachers in Massachusetts may be forced to pay union dues in…
Read MoreFormer Teacher Discusses Forced Dues
A former teacher discusses forced dues and the reality of teacher union power. Check out Arthur Schaper’s column on townhall.com. When I started out in education, the teachers union reps would tell…
Read MorePA Fairness Center Gets Tough on “Official Time” for teachers
Thanks to the Fairness Center teacher union officials will have a more difficult time forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for “ghost” teachers, or official time. The practice allows teacher…
Read More7 out of 10 Gold Medal Schools are Charter Schools
U. S. News and World Report’s Best High School Rankings for 2018 include 7 charter schools. Charter schools are often not unionized. In fact, most teacher union officials oppose charter…
Read MoreIf Mark Janus wins
A union-backed think tank predicts public sector unions will lose many members but not completely fail, if Mark Janus is granted his wish. Eric Boehm has the story in the Hit and…
Read MoreStrikes: “The reality is, that’s the one card we have,”
The forced-dues state of Pennsylvania has held this dubious title for many years. Despite a law that imposes some restrictions on teacher strikes, monopoly bargaining allows teacher union officials to…
Read MoreNorth Carolina Teacher Union Officials Fiddle While Schools Close
North Carolina Education Association teacher union officials are pleased with the havoc they have brought about urging teachers to rally and protest on May 15. T. Kung Hui has the…
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