Teacher Rights

A New York charter school, run by United Federation of Teachers union officials, illustrates how even charter schools cannot flourish under a monopoly bargaining contact.  Originally developed as an innovative reform,…

Teacher union officials spent millions of dollars in an attempt to elect handpicked candidates willing to do their bidding, but most were soundly defeated in favor of candidates who will…

Larry Sand, President of the California Teacher Empowerment Network, and relentless teacher union critic, tells the story of the great Philadelphia experiment, where the teacher union monopoly bargaining contract is…

Mike  Antonucci explores how California Teachers Association officials spend dues on the candidates of their choosing, not the candidates their members might choose. The California Teachers Association will end up throwing…

A teacher union PAC campaign mailer has shocked and offended people of all political persuasions this campaign season.  Ken Lovett of the New York Daily News reports on the video presented by New…

Teachers who are forced to pay dues in California are also forced into supporting candidates they may not choose to vote for, as their dues money is funnelled into 2014…

The Connecticut Education Association (CEA) has voted to endorse incumbent Democrat Governor Daniel Malloy, despite the recommendation of its PAC.  Jay Poppa, a union official himself, has the story in socialistworker.org.…

From California Teachers Empowerment Network’s Larry Sand: Last week, I wrote about the fallacy of the underpaid teacher. When compared to other professions, teachers actually do considerably better when taking into account…