Archive for November 2015

Union bosses are demonizing one of their own who has dared to disagree with their policies.  Faced with losing billions of dollars at a critical time, union officials, from the AFL_CIO to teacher union officials themselves, all are desperate to keep their forced-dues windfall operating.  Friedrichs v. CTA, a case currently before the Supreme Court, may…

Strike up one for the teacher union officials in Washington state.  And strike one against Washington state students.  The decision was made by state supreme court justices who were bought and paid for bythose very teacher union officials with forced dues dollars.  But it’s the students who are the real losers.  Jason Russell has the story in…

Juan Williams explains Hillary Clinton’s sudden rejection of charter schools in the Hill.My 5-year-old grandson goes to a big city charter school. But Eli and his classmates do not belong to a union. They do not give money to politicians. They can’t vote. Maybe that is why Hillary Clinton has no problem doing a big political…

The  United Federation of Teachers (New York state affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers), has bullied a parent and parent group pushing for reform in New York City school PS 106.  It appears the principal and  is taking the union side of the issue.  Now parent Mona  Davids must protect her own son from…

Sol Stern, Contributing Editor of City Journal and author, reflects upon the damage the teacher union contract brought upon his own sons and fellow students at one of New York City’s “best” schools.  Check out the story in City Journal. I started writing about public education because of what I saw, up close and personal, at P.S.…