Archive for June 2014

Larry Sand, President, California Teacher Empowerment Network, comments on the new policy of keeping teachers on administrative leave for wrongdoing.  Those teachers, instead of taking up space at schools, will be confined to their homes during their working hours.  Forbidden to do any “work” by monopoly bargaining contracts, the so-called “rubber rooms” come at taxpayer…

Joy Pullman of the Heartland Institute, examines benefits arising from the passage of Wisconsin’s Act 10. three years after its passage and many failed legal challenges.  The law severely curtailed the subjects of monopoly bargaining, and gave teachers Right to Work protections. The law that brought labor unions nearly to riot through the Wisconsin capitol continues…

The school board of Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin, has ignored stipulations of Act 10 and taken up a potentially illegal monopoly bargaining union contract.  If enforced, the contract could once again force teachers into compulsory unionism, and cost taxpayers who would have to pay for any ensuing litigation.  Tim McCumber, Wisconsin News, has the story. Last fall,…

In California, it’s all about the students for once. The Golden State is renowned for the power of its teacher unions, but things will soon change. Refusing to bow to this teacher union power, California Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu found in favor of students who only asked to receive a quality education. Sean Higgins has the story in…