Archive for August 2015

Just in time for the new school year, Chicago Teacher Union boss Karen Lewis claims an effort by new Chicago Public Schools CEO will “force us into another strike . . ”.  Becky Schlikerman and Fran Spielman have the story in the Chicago Sun Times Online. A call for Chicago teachers to pay their full pension contributions is “strike-worthy,” Chicago…

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, also a 2016 presidential candidate, echoes the powerful sentiment of teachers forced to pay dues to teacher unions for decades.   The editorial appears in the Wall Street Journal.  You don’t have to be a “progressive” to conclude that once in a while America makes political progress, and not always toward the…