Archive for March 2017

This will come as a surprise to no one since New York has mandatory, monopoly, and compulsory unionism for teachers. Bethany Bump has the story in the Timesunion.com A retired Ithaca school teacher has been tapped to fill an opening on the New York State Board of Regents, a 17-member governing body that sets education policy for…

“. . . That’s when I’ll start representing children.” Al Shanker, President, American Federation of Teachers.  The quote has been a model of teacher union goals since the 1960’s. In 2011 Professor Terry Moe’s Earthquake book, “Special Interest” Teacher Unions and America’s Public Schools,” explained how teacher unions do not represent the interests of children. …

Teacher unions claim they are democratic institutions but in some cases it seems that democracy is only skin-deep. Perhaps unions play politics even amongst their own members and force teachers to pay for it.  Andrew Marra and Sonja have the story in the Palm Beach Post. The article also makes a powerful point about teacher…

The citizens of Los Angeles are about to find out which is the more powerful force in their city as the school board elections take place today. Sarah Favot has the story on The74million.org. At stake in the fiercely contested campaign is control over a complex, underperforming school district whose ability to improve schools for nearly 665,000…

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Teacher union officials’ distaste for choice in education was evident after President Trump called upon Congress to pass legislation that would help kids get the best education they can.  Apparently kids do not deserve any more respect than teachers do from them.  At least teachers are free to leave the profession or teach at another school.  Sean Higgins has the story in the…

Will Kentucky teacher unions keep a tight rein on charter schools there?  A bill in the legislature would finally allow charter schools in the Bluegrass State, but teacher union officials and others are working to pass a charter school bill that would only allow local school boards to authorize charter schools.  This, of course, would…

Mike Antonucci writes on the various uses New York teacher unions find for forced dues dollars, as well as providing predictions on just how far their finances will go, in The74million.org.  Could ending forced dues mean significant changes for the finances of other teacher unions? New York law dictates mandatory monopoly bargaining and compulsory unionism.  That means…